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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescandeur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /kɑ̃.dœʁ/
"Il a accepté ses critiques avec une totale candeur."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or expression; frankness.
"The manager spoke with refreshing candor about the company's financial challenges." - 2
Freedom from bias, prejudice, or malice; fairness and impartiality.
"She evaluated the competing proposals with absolute candor."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin candidus, meaning 'shining white' or 'pure', through the French candeur. Over centuries, the term evolved from physical brightness and purity to metaphorical moral purity, ultimately settling into its modern English sense of openness, frankness, and honest communication.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Candor" is said worldwide
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candeur
Transliteration: /kɑ̃.dœʁ/
"Il a accepté ses critiques avec une totale candeur."
Offenheit
Transliteration: /ˈɔfn̩haɪ̯t/
"Ihre bemerkenswerte Offenheit schätzten alle Kollegen."
candore
Transliteration: /kanˈdo.re/
"Rispose alle domande con estremo candore."
candor
Transliteration: /kanˈdoɾ/
"Habló con gran candor sobre sus errores pasados."
candor
Transliteration: /kɐ̃ˈdoɾ/
"Ela aceitou o conselho com admirável candor."
स्पष्टवादिता
Transliteration: spashtvadita
"उनकी स्पष्टवादिता ने बैठक में सभी को प्रभावित किया।"
坦率
Transliteration: tǎnshuài
"他以坦率的态度指出了我们的缺点。"
솔직함
Transliteration: soljikham
"그의 솔직함은 대화에서 큰 도움이 되었다."
率直
Transliteration: sotchoku
"彼女の率直な意見に私たちは感謝した。"
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