candidature

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/ˈkændɪdət͡ʃʊɚ//ˈkændɪdət͡ʃɚ//ˈkændɪdətjʊɚ/

noun

The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.

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campaigningcandidacyelectioneeringpolitical campaign
OriginFrench candidature →
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Meanings

nouncandidature (countable and uncountable, plural candidatures)

plural candidatures

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKcountableuncountableThe 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe campaign of a candidate to be elected

Similar
campaigningcandidacyelectioneeringpolitical campaign
Broader
campaigncausecrusade
Also see
candidacyelectioneering

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchcandidature
  2. Englishcandidature

From French candidature, equivalent to candidate + -ure.

More words from French

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Translations

Czech kandidatura
  • kandidaturathe condition of becoming a candidate
Dutch kandidatuur
  • kandidatuurthe condition of becoming a candidate
Estonian kandidatuur
  • kandidatuurthe condition of becoming a candidate
Finnish ehdokkuus, kandidaattius
  • ehdokkuusthe condition of becoming a candidate
  • kandidaattiusthe condition of becoming a candidate
French candidature
  • candidaturethe condition of becoming a candidate
German Kandidatur
  • Kandidaturthe condition of becoming a candidate
Italian candidatura
  • candidaturathe condition of becoming a candidate
Latvian kandidatūra
  • kandidatūrathe condition of becoming a candidate
Māori kaiwhakaurutanga
  • kaiwhakaurutangathe condition of becoming a candidate
Polish kandydatura
  • kandydaturathe condition of becoming a candidate
Portuguese candidatura
  • candidaturathe condition of becoming a candidate
Russian кандидату́ра
  • кандидату́ра (kandidatúra)the condition of becoming a candidate
Slovak kandidatúra
  • kandidatúrathe condition of becoming a candidate
Spanish candidatura
  • candidaturathe condition of becoming a candidate
Cite this entry
APA

candidature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candidature

MLA

“candidature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candidature. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “candidature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candidature.

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