candidate
French, noun
candidate is spelled C-A-N-D-I-D-A-T-E (9 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candidate is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of candidat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, candidaté is a different word: “past participle of candidater”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui se propose pour un poste, une récompense, etc. (quel que soit le statut de cette proposition)”.
What does candidate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of candidat
verb
- 1
past participle of candidater
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui se propose pour un poste, une récompense, etc. (quel que soit le statut de cette proposition).
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 candidate
- candidates plural
- candidatée feminine
- candidatés masculine plural
- candidatées feminine plural
- candidat masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to candidate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is candidate in French?
candidate appears 8.9 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).