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Definitions: Candour |
CandourNoun1. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech. 2. Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "candour" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Candour (Mrs.). A type of female backbiters. In Sheridan's comedy of The School for Scandal. "The name of `Mrs. Candour' has become one of those formidable by-words, which have had more power in putting folly and ill-nature out of countenance than whole volumes of remonstrance."- T. Moore. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CandourSynonyms: candidness (n), candor (n), fair-mindedness (n), fairness (n), forthrightness (n), frankness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unfairness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Candour |
| Etymologies containing "candour": Candor. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was an exquisite candour, dilating and transfiguring itself into luminousness. |
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| "Candour" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.80% of the time. "Candour" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.8% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 83 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "candour"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zemërdëlirësi (candor, heartiness, sincerity), sinqeritet (candidness, candor, frankness, openness, sincerity, singleness, unreserve), çiltërsi (candidness, candor, frankness, freedom, heartiness, innocence, naivety, openness, sincerity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لا تحيز (candor, detachment, evenness), سلامة نية (candor), طهارة (asepsis, candor, chastity, honor, honour, innocence, prudery, pureness, purgation, purification, purity, refinement, righteousness, saintliness, tidiness, virtue), صراحة (candidness, candor, directness, frankness, roundness, square, straightforwardness, straightness), إخلاص (adherence, allegiance, candor, constancy, dedication, devotion, fidelity, genuineness, honesty, loyalty, sincerity, steadiness, trueness, trustfulness), برأءة (candor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | откровеност (candor, frankness, heartiness, open mindedness, simplicity, sincerity, unreserve), прямота (bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, sincerity, straightforwardness, straightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 公正 (Candor, Fairness, righteous, rightness, unbiased). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | upřímnost (candidness, depth, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, openness, sincerity, true-heartedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سفیدی(candor), صفا (Candor, Ingenuity, Purity, Serenity), خلوص (Candor, Purity, Sincerity), رک گوءی (Candor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vilpittömyys (frankness, sincerity), avomielisyys (frankness, open-heartedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sincérité (candidness, candor), franchise (candidness, candor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Aufrichtigkeit (candor, frankness, honesty, openness, sincerity, unaffectedness, veracity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ειλικρίνεια (candidness, candor, devoutness, honesty, openness, sincereness, sincerity, single-mindedness, unfeignedness, veracity), ευθύτητα (candor, fairness, frankness, probity, squareness, straightforwardness, straightness, uprightness), αμεροληψία (candor, equity, impartiality, objectivity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כ ות (frankness, genuineness, honesty, sincerity), 'לוי לב (bluff, blunt, candid, candidness, directness, expansive, frankness, openhearted, outspoken, sincerity, straightforward, straightforwardness, unreserved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elfogulatlanság (candor, detachment, impartiality, objectivity, open mindedness, unpretentiousness), nyíltság (candor, frankness, genuineness, openness, sincerity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ketulusan (sincerity, veracity), kejujuran (honesty, integrity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | candore (candor, Hoar, innocence, purity, whiteness), sincerit (candor, honestly, sincerity), franchezza (bluntness, candidness, candor, frankness, openness, outrightness, outspokenness, straightforwardness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 率直 (frankness, openheartedness), '直 (frankness, openheartedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そっちょく (frankness, openheartedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "직 (Candor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | seyr-chreeys, jeerid (alignment, directness, faithfulness, frankness, honesty, ingeniousness, sincerity, straightness, strictness), foshlaght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | andourcay compreensão (apprehension, candor, comprehension, coverage, grasp, grip, handgrip, insight, intelligence, intension, intensity, knowledge, mind, openness, prehistoric, realization, sense, understanding, uptake, view, wit), candura (candidness, candor, frankness, innocence), suavidade (candor, geniality, gentleness, honey, lenience, leniency, lightness, mellowness, mildness, opera, placable, pleasantness, softness, suavity, tenderness), sinceridade (amicability, candidness, candor, fairdealing, faith, frantic, heartiness, honey, simplicity, sincerity, singleness), lisura (candor, flatness, smoothness), integridade (absoluteness, candor, entirety, honesty, integrity, righteousness), imparcialidade (candor, impartible, indifference, rectitude), franqueza (candor, explode, franchise, frankness, generosity, openness, platitude, sincerity, singleness, unreserve), ausência de reserva (candor, openness), abertura (access, aperture, bay, breach, breakout, burn-through, cage, candor, chink, chord, crack, crevice, entrance, gap, hack, highroad crossing, hole, introitus, jaws, loophole, maw, mouth, opening, openness, overture, passage, rent, rift, sight, slit, slot, splay, stoma, subtended angle, vent, window, yawn). (various references) sinceritate (bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, fairness, faith, frankness, genuineness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, rectitude, roundness, sincerity, truth, unreserve), nepãrtinire (candor, impartiality, indifference), imparţialitate (candor, fair-mindedness, impartiality), francheţe (candor, frankness, honesty, openness). (various references) откровенность (candidness, candor, frankness, openness, plain dealing, unreserve), беспристрастие (candor, equanimity, impartiality), прямота (bluntness, candor, directness, integrity, openness, plain dealing, rectitude, straight, straightforwardness, uprightness), доброта (benignity, candor, gentleness, goodness, graciousness, humaneness, kindliness, kindness). (various references) otvorenost (candidness, candor, extroversion, frankness, open mindedness, openness, patency, plainness, unreserve), iskrenost (candidness, candor, fair dealing, frankness, genuineness, heartiness, rectitude, sincerity, straightforwardness). (various references) candor (candidness, candor, innocence, naivety), sinceridad (candidness, candor, genuineness, heartiness, open-heartedness, openness, plain dealing, simplicity, sincerity, unreserve), franqueza (bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, openness, outspokenness, plain dealing, plainness, single-mindedness, straightforwardness). (various references) uppriktighet (candor, frankness, honesty, ingenuousness, plain dealing, plainness, sincerity). (various references) tarafsızlık (candor, detachment, equilibrium, equitableness, equity, evenness, fair play, fairness, impartiality, indifference, neutralism, neutrality, non committal, objectiveness, objectivity, openness), samimiyet (bona fides, camaraderie, candor, cordiality, earnestness, familiarity, frankness, friendliness, heartiness, intimacy, outspokennes, sincereness, sincerity, terms, unaffectedness, warmth), doğruluk (accuracy, authenticity, candor, correctitude, correctness, directness, evenness, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, preciseness, precision, prig, probity, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightness, sincerity, soundness, straightforwardness, straightness, trueness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, validity, veracity, Verity), açık sözlülük (bluntness, candor, expansiveness, frankness, freedom, ingenuousness, openness, outspokennes, roundness, straightness), açık kalplilik (candor). (various references) щирість (candidness, candor, cordiality, frankness, genuineness, heartiness, openness, sincerity, singleness), чистота (candor, chastity, clarity, cleanliness, cleanness, clearness, dew, immaculacy, purity, virginity), відвертість (baldness, candidness, candor, explicitness, frankness, ingenuity, open-heartedness, openness, plainness, unreserve), неупередженість (candor, neutrality, open mindedness), непорочність (candor, chastity, purity), безсторонність (candor, detachment, equity, impartiality, impersonality, neutrality), прямота (baldness, candor, directness, explicitness, fair dealing, openness, roundness, sincerity, straightforwardness), доброта (benignity, candor, geniality, goodness, kindliness, kindness), доброзичливість (amiability, benevolence, candor, charity, good-liking, goodwill). (various references) tính thật th (candidness, simple-heartedness, sincerity, squareness), tính ngay thẳng (candidness, fairness, rectitude, simple-heartedness), tính bộc trực sự vô tư (candidness), sự không thiên vị (candidness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "candour": candours. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-n-o-r-u" | |
-1 letter: around, candor, cornua. | |
-2 letters: acorn, adorn, adunc, cornu, doura, duroc, narco, racon, radon, round. | |
-3 letters: arco, card, carn, coda, cord, corn, crud, curd, curn, darn, dona, dour, dura, durn, duro, narc, nard, nurd, orad, orca, rand, road, roan, unco, undo. | |
-4 letters: ado, and, arc, cad, can, car, cod, con, cor, cud, cur, doc, don, dor, dun, duo, nod, nor, oar, oca, ora, orc, oud, our, rad, ran, roc, rod, run, udo, urd, urn. | |
-5 letters: ad, an, ar, do, na, no, nu, od, on, or, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-n-o-r-u" | |
+1 letter: candours, cauldron, crunodal. | |
+2 letters: cauldrons, communard, undercoat. | |
+3 letters: androecium, background, campground, clangoured, communards, dicoumarin, encouraged, punchboard, soundtrack, unanchored, undercoats. | |
+4 letters: backgrounds, campgrounds, cotransduce, counterbade, countermand, counterraid, dicoumarins, documentary, endocardium, punchboards, radiolucent, reductional, reeducation, soundtracks, undecorated. | |
+5 letters: backgrounded, backgrounder, conductorial, conquistador, cotransduced, cotransduces, counteracted, countermands, counterraids, countertrade, daunorubicin, denunciatory, deuteranopic, discouraging, edulcorating, preannounced, precautioned, productional, quadraphonic, quadriphonic, radiolucency, radionuclide, reeducations, reinoculated, subarachnoid, transduction, unchaperoned, uncontracted, uncorrelated, undemocratic, undercoating. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 6E 64 6F 75 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -. -.. --- ..- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01101111 01110101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a n d o u r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006E 0064 006F 0075 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678070818784 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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