testa

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin testa.

Noun

testa (plural testas or testae or testæ)

1. Seed coat.

   The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.

2. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.

Anagrams

• state, State, taste, teats

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛs.ta/

Verb

testa

1. third-person singular past historic of tester

Anagrams

• états, tâtes, tétas

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Italian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtɛsta]

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Etymology

From Latin testa.

Noun

testa f (plural teste)

1. head
2. (anatomy) head (of a bone)

Synonyms

• (part of the body): capo

Related terms

• a testa
• fuori di testa
• mal di testa
• montarsi la testa
• scuotere la testa
• testa a testa
• testa calda
• testacoda
• testa di cazzo (vulgar)
• testa di ponte
• testa di rapa
• testa di serie
• testa d'uovo
• testa dura
• testa matta
• testa o croce
• testata
• testiera
• titoli di testa

Verb

testa

1. third-person singular present indicative of testare
2. second-person singular imperative of testare

Anagrams

• setta, state

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Latin

Etymology

A loanword of uncertain origin.

Noun

testa (genitive testae); f, first declension

1. a piece of burned clay; brick, tile; earthen pot; potsherd
2. (figuratively) a shellfish; shell; a piece of bone, skull

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	testa	testae
genitive	testae	testārum
dative	testae	testīs
accusative	testam	testās
ablative	testā	testīs
vocative	testa	testae

Derived terms

testu testūdō

testula testum

Related terms

testuātium testūdineātus

testūdineus

Descendants

English: test French: tête Italian: testa Portuguese: testa

Romanian: țeastă Romansch: testa Sicilian: testa Spanish: tiesta, testa

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin testa.

Noun

testa f (oblique plural testas, nominative singular testa, nominative plural testas)

1. head

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin testa.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɛʃtɐ/

Noun

testa f (plural testas)

1. forehead

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin testa (“pot”).

Noun

testa f (plural testas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) head

Usage notes

In Rumantsch Grischun, the literary standard language, testa is used in the figurative sense, and chau in the anatomical sense. Usage differs somewhat, however, between dialects.

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) chau
• (Sursilvan) tgau
• (Sutsilvan) tgieu
• (Surmiran) tgea
• (Puter) cho
• (Vallader) cheu

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin testa (“brick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t̪ʲɛs(ʃ)ta/
• Hyphenation: te‧sta

Noun

testa f (plural testi)

1. (anatomy) head
2. intelligent person
3. intelligence

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Spanish

Verb

testa (infinitive testar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of testar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of testar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of testar.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

testa (present testar, preterite testade, supine testat, imperative testa)

1. try, attempt; to see if a specific action is possible; also to see if a device works properly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of testa

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	testa	testas
Present tense	testar	testas
Past tense	testade	testades
Supine	testat	testats
Imperative	testa	—
Present participle	testande
Past participle	testad