English

Proper noun

Candide

1. A novel by Voltaire (in which the protagonist shares his moniker with the title.)
2. The Operetta of the same name, by Leonard Bernstein.
3. A naïve and innocent person.

See also

• Candide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panglossian

Anagrams

• candied

French

Adjective

candide m, f ‎(plural candides)

1. candid, frank
2. naive, overtrusting

Noun

candide m, f ‎(plural candides)

1. a candid person

Noun

candide m ‎(plural candides)

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

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “candide”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.