Candid

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈkæn.dɪd

Definitions

A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

Equivalents

Españolcándido franco

Françaissincère spontané

Deutschfreimütig geradeheraus nicht eingeübtoffenherzig spontan ungestellt unparteiisch unvoreingenommen vorurteilsfrei

19 more languages

العربيةصريح

Българскиестествен искрен честен

Bosanskispontan искрен отворенслика

Češtinanestranný otevřený primypřirozený spontánní upřímný

فارسیرک منصفانه

Suomiavoin puolueeton salakuvaspontaani suora välitön varaukseton

Galegoespontáneo franco imparcial

עבריתאוביקטיבי כנה

Hrvatskispontan искрен отворенслика

Magyarelfogulatlan pártatlan spontánvéletlenszerű

日本語オフショット

Македонскибеспристрасен естествен искреннепристрасен отворен природен слика чесен

Nederlandseerlijk neutraal objectiefspontaan

PortuguêsCândido imparcial sincero

Русскийбеспристрастный естественная фотогра́фия естественныйискренний непредвзя́тый откровенный открытый честный

Српскиspontan искрен отворенслика

Svenskauppriktig

Українськавідвертий

Examples

“His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.”

“When he held the Guild Chair, the office walls were not, as they are now, festooned with orchestrated candids of Chancre and municipal burghers, Chancre herding his porcine family in their Sunday best.”

CEFR level

C2

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See also

candid camera candida Candidacies candidacy candidalysin candidapepsin

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