Dictionary

candidature en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkændɪdət͡ʃʊɚ/
• /ˈkændɪdətjʊɚ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkændɪdət͡ʃɚ/

Etymology

From French candidature, equivalent to candidate + -ure.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable) The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.
   • THE state of things in regard to my candidature, in which I know that you are supremely interested, is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The only person actually canvassing is P. Sulpicius Galba. 1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order, volume 1 (hardcover), London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., pages 12-13:

Forms

Deriveds

precandidature

Relateds

candidacy

Translations (20)

it candidatura (the condition of becoming a candidate) · hy թեկնածություն (the condition of becoming a candidate) · cs kandidatura (the condition of becoming a candidate) · ka კანდიდატურა (the condition of becoming a candidate) · ru кандидату́ра (the condition of becoming a candidate) · et kandidatuur (the condition of becoming a candidate) · oc candidatura (the condition of becoming a candidate) · az namizədlik (the condition of becoming a candidate) · fi kandidaattius (the condition of becoming a candidate) · de Kandidatur (the condition of becoming a candidate) · fr candidature (the condition of becoming a candidate) · pl kandydatura (the condition of becoming a candidate) · nrf candidatuthe (the condition of becoming a candidate) · fi ehdokkuus (the condition of becoming a candidate) · pt candidatura (the condition of becoming a candidate) · nl kandidatuur (the condition of becoming a candidate) · lv kandidatūra (the condition of becoming a candidate) · sk kandidatúra (the condition of becoming a candidate) · es candidatura (the condition of becoming a candidate) · mi kaiwhakaurutanga (the condition of becoming a candidate)