candidat
French, noun/kɑ̃.di.da/
candidat is spelled C-A-N-D-I-D-A-T (8 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written French, the 1,396th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candidat is a French masculine noun meaning “candidate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Postulant à un titre, à une place, à une fonction”.
What does candidat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecandidate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Postulant à un titre, à une place, à une fonction. 2. Celui qui aspirait à quelque charge, chez les Romains. 3. Grade attribué à la fin du premier cycle d’un cursus d’enseignement supérieur long.
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 candidat
- candidats plural
- candidate feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce candidat?
- /kɑ̃.di.da/
- \kɑ̃.di.da\
- [kɑ̃.di.da]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to candidat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is candidat in French?
candidat appears 60 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).