teste
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
So called from Latin teste, ablative of testis (“a witness”), because this was formerly the initial word in the clause.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtɛsti/, /ˈtɛsteɪ/
Homophone: testy
=== Noun ===
teste (plural testes)
(law) A witness.
The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.
=== See also ===
testes
=== References ===
“teste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
=== Anagrams ===
Sette, teest, teets
== Corsican ==
=== Etymology ===
From English teste, perhaps via or else akin to Italian teste.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtɛste/
Hyphenation: tes‧te
=== Noun ===
teste m (plural testi)
test, testing
== Danish ==
=== Etymology ===
From English test, see there for further. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål teste, Norwegian Nynorsk testa, Swedish testa (“'try, attempt'”), German testen.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtɛsdə/
=== Verb ===
teste (past tense testede, past participle testet)
(transitive) to test, examine
Synonym: afprøve
(intransitive) (mostly medical) to test, undergo testing, receive test results
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== References ===
“teste” in Den Danske Ordbog
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
teste f (plural testes)
obsolete spelling of tête
=== Further reading ===
“teste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== Anagrams ===
tètes, tétés, têtes
== Friulian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin testa.
=== Noun ===
teste f (plural testis)
(rare) head
==== Synonyms ====
cjâf
(informal, colloquial, or humorous) burele, capadocie, cassele, coce, çucje, çurie, maçocje, melonarie
== Galician ==
=== Verb ===
teste
inflection of testar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈtɛstə]
=== Verb ===
teste
inflection of testen:
first-person singular present
singular imperative
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
test (“body”) + -e (possessive suffix)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈtɛʃtɛ]
Hyphenation: tes‧te
=== Noun ===
teste
third-person singular single-possession possessive of test
==== Declension ====
== Interlingua ==
=== Noun ===
teste (plural testes)
witness
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtɛs.te/
Rhymes: -ɛste
Hyphenation: tè‧ste
=== Etymology 1 ===
Learned borrowing from Latin testis, from earlier *terstis ← *tristis, from Proto-Indo-European *tristh₂s (“a third party standing, after the two parties to a contract or dispute”), from *tréyes (“three”) and *steh₂- (“to stand”).
==== Noun ====
teste m or f by sense (plural testi)
(law) witness
Synonym: testimone
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from English test.
==== Noun ====
teste m (plural testi)
(rare) test
Synonym: test
=== Etymology 3 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
teste f pl
plural of testa
=== Further reading ===
teste1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
teste2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
Sette, sette
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
teste
ablative singular of testis
== Middle French ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old French teste.
=== Noun ===
teste f (plural testes)
head
==== Descendants ====
French: tête
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Etymology ===
From English test.
=== Verb ===
teste (imperative test, present tense tester, passive testes, simple past and past participle testa or testet, present participle testende)
to test (something)
==== Derived terms ====
utestet
==== Related terms ====
test (noun)
=== References ===
“teste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
== Old French ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin testa.
=== Noun ===
teste oblique singular, f (oblique plural testes, nominative singular teste, nominative plural testes)
head
==== Descendants ====
Champenois: téte
Middle French: testeFrench: tête
Norman: tête, teet (Sark)
Walloon: tiesse
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: tes‧te
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin testis (“witness”).
==== Noun ====
teste m (plural testes)
(obsolete) witness
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from English test.
==== Noun ====
teste m (plural testes)
(education) test (academic examination)
Synonyms: avaliação, ensaio, exame, prova
test (session in which something or someone is examined under various conditions)
Synonym: avaliação
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 3 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
teste
inflection of testar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== References ===
“teste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“teste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“teste”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
=== Further reading ===
“teste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دسته (deste, teste), from Persian دسته (dasta).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /těste/
=== Noun ===
tèste n (Cyrillic spelling тѐсте) (archaic)
dozen, a bundle of twelve
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 614
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈteste/ [ˈt̪es.t̪e]
Rhymes: -este
Syllabification: tes‧te
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin testis.
==== Noun ====
teste m (plural testes)
(anatomy) testicle
Synonym: testículo
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
teste
inflection of testar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“teste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tarantino ==
=== Noun ===
teste
text
== Turkish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tesˈte/
Hyphenation: tes‧te
=== Noun ===
teste
dative singular of test