candide

See also: Candide

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candidus (“white”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃.did/
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  • Rhymes: -id

Adjective

candide (plural candides)

  1. candid, frank
  2. naive, overtrusting

Noun

candide m or f by sense (plural candides)

  1. a candid person

Noun

candide m (plural candides)

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

Further reading

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.
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