candeur
French, noun/kɑ̃.dœʁ/
candeur is spelled C-A-N-D-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candeur is a French feminine noun meaning “purity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Au sens étymologique du terme, blancheur, pureté”.
What does candeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurity
- 2
feminineconfidence
- 3
femininehonesty; candour
Near-synonyms: franchise, honnêteté
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Au sens étymologique du terme, blancheur, pureté. 2. Pureté d'âme ; confiance ; ingénuité ; franchise. 3. Confiance excessive ; naïveté.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of candeur
- candeurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce candeur?
- /kɑ̃.dœʁ/
- \kɑ̃.dœʁ\
- \kã.daœ̯ʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to candeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is candeur in French?
candeur appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).