test

See also: Test, TEST, țest, and tesť

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• (South African) IPA^(key): /test/

Etymology 1

From Middle English test, teste, borrowed from Old French test, teste (“an earthen vessel, especially a pot in which metals were tried”), from Latin testum (“the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”), from *terstus, past participle of the root *tersa (“dry land”). See terra, thirst.

Noun

test (plural tests)

1. A challenge, trial.
   • 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 168:

     Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.

2. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
3. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
4. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
5. (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match.
6. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
   

   Two sea urchin tests
7. (botany) Testa; seed coat.
8. (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
   • Dryden

     Who would excel, when few can make a test / Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?

Synonyms

• (challenge, trial): See Thesaurus:test
• (academics: examination): examination, quiz

Antonyms

• (academics: examination): recess

Hyponyms

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Hyponyms of test

• acid test
• babysitter test
• blood test
• duck test
• field test
• flame test
• inkblot test
• litmus test
• multiple-choice test
• nose test
• Rorschach test
• single-choice test
• smell test
• smoke test
• sniff test
• software test
• stress test

 

Derived terms

• foretest
• put to the test
• test case
• test drive
• tester
• test flight
• test run
• test tube

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: test
• → Catalan: test
• → Czech: test
• → Danish: test
• → Dutch: test
• → Finnish: testi
• → French: test
• → German: Test
• → Hungarian: teszt
• → Italian: test
• → Japanese: テスト (tesuto)
• → Korean: 테스트 (teseuteu)
• → Macedonian: тест (test)
• → Norwegian: test
• → Persian: تست‎ (test)
• → Polish: test
• → Portuguese: teste
• → Romanian: test
• → Russian: тест (test)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тест

  Latin: test

• → Slovene: test
• → Spanish: test
• → Swedish: test
• → Turkish: test
• → Ukrainian: тест (test)

Translations

challenge, trial

• Albanian: provë (sq) (indefinite), prova (definite)
• Arabic: اِخْتِبَار‎ m (iḵtibār)
• Asturian: prueba f
• Catalan: prova (ca) f, test (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 試驗 (zh), 试验 (zh) (shìyàn)

• Czech: test (cs) m, zkouška (cs) f
• Danish: prøve (da) c, prøvelse c
• Dutch: test (nl) m, proef (nl) m
• Esperanto: provi
• Finnish: koe (fi), koetus (fi)
• French: épreuve (fr) f
• Friulian: prove f
• German: Probe (de) f
• Greek: δοκιμασία (el) f (dokimasía), δοκιμή (el) f (dokimí)

  Ancient: πεῖρα f (peîra), δοκιμή f (dokimḗ)

• Hebrew: מִבְחָן‎ (he) m (mivkhán)
• Hindi: चुनौती (hi) f (cunautī)
• Hungarian: próba (hu)
• Italian: prova (it), verifica (it)
• Japanese: 実験 (ja) (じっけん, jikken), 試練 (しれん, shiren)
• Korean: 검사 (ko) (geomsa)
• Ladin: proa f

• Luxembourgish: Prouf f
• Malay: ujian
• Persian: آزمایش‎ (fa) (âzmâyeš)
• Portuguese: prova (pt) f, teste (pt)
• Romanian: probă (ro) f
• Russian: про́ба (ru) f (próba), тест (ru) m (tɛst), испыта́ние (ru) n (ispytánije)
• Sardinian: proa f, proba, prova
• Scottish Gaelic: dearbhadh m, feuchainn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тест m

  Roman: test (sh) m

• Sicilian: prova f
• Slovak: test
• Slovene: preizkus m, preizkušnja f
• Spanish: prueba (es) f, probatura
• Swahili: jaribio (sw)
• Swedish: prov (sv) n, prövning (sv) c
• Turkish: test (tr), deneme (tr)
• Ukrainian: тест m (test), випро́бування n (vypróbuvannja)
• Venetian: prova f
• Vietnamese: sự thử thách
• Zazaki: cerbnayen, test kerden
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

academics: examination

• Albanian: provim (sq) (indefinite), provimi (definite)
• Arabic: اِمْتِحَان‎ (ar) m (imtiḥān), اِخْتِبَار‎ m (iḵtibār)
• Armenian: քննություն (hy) (kʿnnutʿyun), ստուգարք (hy) (stugarkʿ), ստուգողական (hy) (stugołakan)
• Azerbaijani: test (az), sınaq (az)
• Basque: azterketa
• Belarusian: экза́мен m (ekzámjen), тэст m (test), кантро́льная рабо́та f (kantrólʹnaja rabóta) (control work)
• Bengali: পরীক্ষা (pôrīkkha)
• Bulgarian: и́зпит (bg) m (ízpit), тест (bg) m (test)
• Burmese: စာမေးပွဲ (my) (came:pwai:)
• Catalan: examen (ca) m, prova (ca) f, test (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 考試, 考试 (haau² si⁵)

  Mandarin: 考試 (zh), 考试 (zh) (kǎoshì)

• Czech: zkouška (cs) f
• Danish: eksamen c
• Dutch: examen (nl) n, test (nl) m
• Esperanto: ekzameno
• Finnish: koe (fi), tentti (fi)
• French: test (fr) m, examen (fr) m
• German: Examen (de) n, Prüfung (de) f
• Greek: διαγώνισμα (el) n (diagónisma)
• Hebrew: מִבְחָן‎ (he) m (mivkhán)
• Hindi: परीक्षा (hi) m (parīkṣā), परख (hi) f (parakh), इम्तहान (hi) m (imtahān)
• Hungarian: vizsga (hu)
• Irish: scrúdú m
• Italian: esame (it) m
• Japanese: 試験 (ja) (しけん, shiken), テスト (ja) (tesuto)
• Korean: 시험 (ko) (siheom) (試驗 (ko)), 테스트 (ko) (teseuteu)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: تاقیکردنه‌وه‌‎ (taqîkirdnewe)

• Lao: ການສອບ (kān sǭp)
• Macedonian: тест (mk) m (test), испит m (ispit)
• Malay: ujian
• Persian: آزمایش‎ (fa) (âzmâyeš), امتحان‎ (fa) (emtehân), تست‎ (fa) (test)
• Polish: sprawdzian (pl) m
• Portuguese: exame (pt) m, teste (pt) m, prova (pt)
• Romanian: examen (ro) n
• Russian: экза́мен (ru) m (ekzámen), тест (ru) m (tɛst), контро́льная рабо́та f (kontrólʹnaja rabóta) (control work)
• Scottish Gaelic: feuchainn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: те̏ст m, ѝспит m

  Roman: tȅst (sh) m, ìspit (sh) m

• Sicilian: esami (scn) f
• Slovak: skúška f, test
• Slovene: test m, izpit (sl) m
• Spanish: examen (es) m, test (es) m
• Swedish: prov (sv) n, tentamen (sv) c, tenta (sv) c, dugga (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagsusulit, subok
• Telugu: పరీక్ష (te) (parīkṣa)
• Thai: สอบ (th) (sɔ̀ɔp), การสอบ (th) (gaan-sɔ̀ɔp)
• Turkish: sınav (tr), test (tr)
• Ukrainian: екза́мен m (ekzámen), тест m (test)
• Urdu: امتحان‎ (ur) m (imtahān)
• Vietnamese: bài thi

product examination

• Arabic: اِمْتِحَان‎ (ar) m (imtiḥān), اِخْتِبَار‎ m (iḵtibār)
• Armenian: փորձարկում (hy) (pʿorjarkum)
• Belarusian: тэст m (test)
• Bulgarian: тест (bg) m (test)
• Catalan: test (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 測試 (zh), 测试 (zh) (cèshì), 檢查 (zh), 检查 (zh) (jiǎnchá)

• Czech: test (cs) m
• Danish: test (da) c
• Dutch: test (nl) m
• Finnish: testi (fi), käyttökoe
• French: test (fr) m
• German: Test (de), Prüfung (de) f
• Greek: εξέταση (el) f (exétasi)
• Hindi: आज़माइश f (āzmāiś), इम्तहान (hi) m (imtahān), प्रयोग (hi) m (prayog), परीक्षा (hi) m (parīkṣā)
• Hungarian: teszt (hu), vizsgálat (hu)
• Irish: tástáil f
• Japanese: 検査 (ja) (けんさ, kensa), テスト (ja) (tesuto)
• Korean: 테스트 (ko) (teseuteu), 검사 (ko) (geomsa)
• Macedonian: тест (mk) m (test)
• Malay: ujian

• Persian: آزمایش‎ (fa) (âzmâyeš), امتحان‎ (fa) (emtehân)
• Polish: sprawdzian (pl) m, test (pl) m
• Portuguese: teste (pt) m
• Romanian: probă (ro) f, test (ro) n
• Russian: тест (ru) m (tɛst), испыта́ние (ru) n (ispytánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dearbhadh m, feuchainn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тест m

  Roman: test (sh) m

• Slovak: test m
• Slovene: test m
• Spanish: prueba (es) f, test (es) m
• Swedish: test (sv) n, provning c, prov (sv) c
• Tajik: озмоиш (tg) (ozmoyiš), имтиҳон (tg) (imtihon)
• Telugu: పరీక్ష (te) (parīkṣa)
• Thai: การทดลอง (th) (gaan-tót-lɔɔng)
• Ukrainian: тест m (test)
• Urdu: آزمائش‎ (ur) f (āzmāiś), امتحان‎ (ur) m (imtahān)
• Vietnamese: phép kiểm thử, phép kiểm tra

cricket: test game

• Vietnamese: cuộc thi đấu

external calciferous shell

• Finnish: kuori (fi)

Verb

test (third-person singular simple present tests, present participle testing, simple past and past participle tested)

1. To challenge.

   Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.

2. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
3. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.

   to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument

   • Washington

     Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.

4. (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
5. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.

6. (copulative) To be shown to be by test.

   He tested positive for cancer.

   • 2015, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, ‎Harry Levi Hollingworth, Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and Development

     It is probable that children who test above 180 IQ are actually present in our juvenile population in greater frequency than at the rate of one in a million.

7. (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.

   to test a solution by litmus paper

Descendants

• German: testen

Translations

to challenge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 測試 (zh), 测试 (zh) (cèshì)

• Danish: udfordre
• Finnish: testata (fi), koestaa, haastaa (fi)
• French: tester (fr), mettre à l'épreuve (fr)
• Greek: δοκιμάζω (el) (dokimázo)

  Ancient: ἐλέγχω (elénkhō)

• Hungarian: kihív (hu)
• Italian: testare (it), mettere alla prova
• Japanese: 試す (ja) (ためす, tamesu)
• Latin: perīclitor (la)

• Malay: menguji
• Portuguese: testar (pt)
• Romanian: proba (ro), încerca (ro), testa (ro)
• Russian: испы́тывать (ru) impf (ispýtyvatʹ), испыта́ть (ru) pf (ispytátʹ), тести́ровать (ru) impf (tɛstírovatʹ), протести́ровать (ru) pf (protɛstírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: feuch
• Slovak: testovať, otestovať
• Slovene: preizkusiti
• Spanish: probar (es), testear (es)
• Swahili: -jaribu
• Ukrainian: випробовувати (vyprobovuvaty), тестувати (testuvaty)
• Vietnamese: thử (vi), thử thách (vi)

to administer an examination during the academic term

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 測驗 (zh), 测验 (zh) (cèyàn), 考驗 (zh), 考验 (zh) (kǎoyàn)

• Danish: teste (da)
• Finnish: järjestää tentti
• French: tester (fr)
• Greek: εξετάζω (el) (exetázo)
• Hungarian: vizsgázik, vizsgáztat
• Japanese: テストする (tesuto suru)

• Latin: specto (la)
• Russian: тести́ровать (ru) impf (tɛstírovatʹ), протести́ровать (ru) pf (protɛstírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: feuch
• Slovak: skúšať, vyskúšať
• Tagalog: subukin
• Vietnamese: đưa (vi) bài thi

to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions

• Catalan: provar (ca)
• Czech: testovat (cs)
• Danish: teste (da)
• Finnish: testata (fi)
• French: tester (fr)
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: δοκιμάζω (el) (dokimázo), θέτω υπό δοκιμασία (théto ypó dokimasía)
• Hungarian: tesztel (hu), vizsgál (hu)
• Irish: tástáil f

• Italian: testare (it)
• Latin: experior
• Portuguese: testar (pt)
• Russian: тести́ровать (ru) impf (tɛstírovatʹ), протести́ровать (ru) pf (protɛstírovatʹ)
• Slovak: testovať
• Slovene: testirati, preizkusiti
• Spanish: examinar (es), probar (es), testear (es)
• Vietnamese: kiểm thử, kiểm tra (vi)

to be shown to be by test

• Finnish: testata (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} provoj (sq)
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} اِخْتَبَرَ‎ (iḵtabara)
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} provar (ca)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} test (nl), ^{(please verify)} testen (nl)
• German: ^{(please verify)} testen (de)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} coba (id)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} esaminare (it), ^{(please verify)} provare (it), ^{(please verify)} valutare (it), ^{(please verify)} verificare (it)
• Mandarin:

  Simplified: 测试 (cèshì), 测验 (cèyàn), 考验 (kǎoyàn), 化验 (huàyàn)

  Traditional: 測試 (cèshì), 測驗 (cèyàn), 考驗 (kǎoyàn), 化驗 (huàyàn)

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} å teste, ^{(please verify)} tester, ^{(please verify)} testet (no), ^{(please verify)} har testet
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} examinar (es), ^{(please verify)} probar (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} utmana (sv), ^{(please verify)} testa (sv)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పరీక్షించు (te) (parīkṣiñcu)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} ทดสอบ (th)

Etymology 2

From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”).

Noun

test (plural tests)

1. (obsolete) A witness.
   • Ld. Berners

     Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.

Verb

test (third-person singular simple present tests, present participle testing, simple past and past participle tested)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To make a testament, or will.

Related terms

• attest
• contest
• detest
• protest

Etymology 3

Clipping of testosterone.

Noun

test (uncountable)

1. (informal, slang, body building) testosterone

Further reading

• test in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• test in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• TETS, TETs, sett, stet, tets

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Breton

Noun

test

1. witness

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Czech

Noun

test m

1. test

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	test	testy
genitive	testu	testů
dative	testu	testům
accusative	test	testy
vocative	teste	testy
locative	testu	testech
instrumental	testem	testy

Derived terms

• testovat
• testovací
• testový

Further reading

• test in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• test in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Noun

test

1. test

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛst/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: test
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English test.

Noun

test m (plural testen or tests, diminutive testje n)

1. test

Synonyms

• experiment
• proef

Derived terms

• geluidstest
• piepjestest
• shuttleruntest
• testen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch test, from Old French test, from Latin testum, from testa.

Noun

test m (plural testen or tests, diminutive testje n)

1. A test, an earthen bowl or pot.
2. A test, a cupel (used in smelting).

Derived terms

• vergiettest
• vuurtest

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tessie

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛst/

Etymology 1

From Old French test, from Latin testa. The orthography of this form reflects semi-learned influence; compare the doublet têt.

Noun

test m (plural tests)

1. test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
2. (marine biology) test, the external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English test, itself from Old French test.

Noun

test m (plural tests)

1. a test, a tryout, a review

Derived terms

• tester

Further reading

• “test” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛʃt]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: test

Noun

test (plural testek)

1. (anatomy) body
2. (geometry) solid (three-dimensional figure)
3. (algebra) field (commutative ring)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	test	testek
accusative	testet	testeket
dative	testnek	testeknek
instrumental	testtel	testekkel
causal-final	testért	testekért
translative	testté	testekké
terminative	testig	testekig
essive-formal	testként	testekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	testben	testekben
superessive	testen	testeken
adessive	testnél	testeknél
illative	testbe	testekbe
sublative	testre	testekre
allative	testhez	testekhez
elative	testből	testekből
delative	testről	testekről
ablative	testtől	testektől

Possessive forms of test
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	testem	testeim
2nd person sing.	tested	testeid
3rd person sing.	teste	testei
1st person plural	testünk	testeink
2nd person plural	testetek	testeitek
3rd person plural	testük	testeik

Derived terms

• testes
• testi
• testű

 

Compound words

• forgástest
• fűtőtest
• holttest
• testalkat
• testápolás
• testépítés
• testnevelés
• testrész
• testvér
• testőr
• vértest

 

Expressions

• a lélek kész, de a test erőtlen
• arkhimédészi test
• platóni test
• testre szab

 

References

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English test.

Noun

test m (invariable)

1. test

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Ladin

Noun

test m (plural [please provide])

1. text

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Latvian

Verb

test ?? missing information., ?? conj., pres. ??, past ??

1. to beat
2. to knock about
3. to flog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English test

Noun

test m (definite singular testen, indefinite plural tester, definite plural testene)

1. a test

Derived terms

• synstest

Related terms

• teste

Etymology 2

Verb

test

1. imperative of teste

References

• “test” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English test

Noun

test m (definite singular testen, indefinite plural testar, definite plural testane)

1. a test

Derived terms

• synstest

References

• “test” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin testum.

Noun

test m (oblique plural tez or tetz, nominative singular tez or tetz, nominative plural test)

1. (uncountable) clay
2. (countable) a pot, usually made out of clay

Descendants

• French: test
• French: têt
• → Middle English: test
  • English: test (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: test
• → Middle High German: test
  • German: Test

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (test)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛst/

Noun

test m inan

1. test

Declension

declension of test

	singular	plural
nominative	test	testy
genitive	testu	testów
dative	testowi	testom
accusative	test	testy
instrumental	testem	testami
locative	teście	testach
vocative	teście	testy

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têst/

Noun

tȅst m (Cyrillic spelling те̏ст)

1. test (challenge, trial)
2. test (academics)
3. test (product examination)

Declension

Declension of test

	singular	plural
nominative	tȅst	tèstovi
genitive	testa	testova
dative	testu	testovima
accusative	test	testove
vocative	teste	testovi
locative	testu	testovima
instrumental	testom	testovima

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtest/, [ˈt̪est̪]

Noun

test m (plural tests)

1. test

Synonyms

• prueba

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Swedish

Noun

test c or n

1. a test, an examination, a trial
2. a test, an attempt, an experiment
3. a piece of hair c

Declension

Declension of test
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	test	testet	test	testen
Genitive	tests	testets	tests	testens

Declension of test
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	test	testen	tester	testerna
Genitive	tests	testens	testers	testernas

Declension of test 3
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	test	testen	testar	testarna
Genitive	tests	testens	testars	testarnas

Synonyms

• examen
• försök
• experiment
• prov
• skrivning
• tofs
• tuss

Related terms

• betatest
• hårtest
• testa

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Turkish

Etymology

From English test.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtest/
• Hyphenation: test

Noun

test (definite accusative testi, plural testler)

1. test

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	test
Definite accusative	testi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	test	testler
Definite accusative	testi	testleri
Dative	teste	testlere
Locative	testte	testlerde
Ablative	testten	testlerden
Genitive	testin	testlerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular testim testlerim 2nd singular testin testlerin 3rd singular testi testleri 1st plural testimiz testlerimiz 2nd plural testiniz testleriniz 3rd plural testleri testleri

Derived terms

• testle
• testli
• testse
• testsiz
• testçi
• testçik
• testçilik