candide

See also: Candide

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.did/

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• Rhymes: -id

Adjective

candide (plural candides)

1. candid, frank

   Near-synonyms: franc, honnête

2. naive, overtrusting

   Synonym: naïf

Derived terms

• candidement

Related terms

• candeur

Noun

candide m or f by sense (plural candides)

1. a candid person

Noun

candide m (plural candides)

Colias phicomone

1. a mountain clouded yellow (Colias phicomone), a butterfly of Europe

Further reading

• “candide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

candide

1. feminine plural of candido

Latin

Adjective

candide

1. vocative masculine singular of candidus

References

• “candide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• candide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.