teste

See also: Teste and testé

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English

Etymology

So called from Latin teste, ablative of testis (“a witness”), because this was formerly the initial word in the clause.

Noun

teste (plural testes)

1. (law) A witness.
2. The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.

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See also

• testes

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for teste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• teest, teets

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French

Noun

teste f (plural testes)

1. Obsolete spelling of tête

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tètes, tétés, têtes

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin testa.

Noun

teste f (plural testis)

1. (rare) head

Synonyms

• cjâf
• (informal, colloquial, or humorous) burele, capadocie, cassele, coce, çucje, çurie, maçocje, melonarie

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛstə]

Verb

teste

1. First-person singular present of testen.
2. Imperative singular of testen.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of testen.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of testen.

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Hungarian

Etymology

test +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛʃtɛ]
• Hyphenation: tes‧te

Noun

teste

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of test

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	teste	—
accusative	testét	—
dative	testének	—
instrumental	testével	—
causal-final	testéért	—
translative	testévé	—
terminative	testéig	—
essive-formal	testeként	—
essive-modal	testéül	—
inessive	testében	—
superessive	testén	—
adessive	testénél	—
illative	testébe	—
sublative	testére	—
allative	testéhez	—
elative	testéből	—
delative	testéről	—
ablative	testétől	—

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Interlingua

Noun

teste (plural testes)

1. witness
2. (anatomy) testicle, testis

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.te/
• Hyphenation: tè‧ste

Etymology 1

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 (plural testi)

1. (law) witness

   Synonym: testimone

Related terms

• testimone
• testimonianza
• testimoniare
• testimonio

Etymology 2

From English test.

Noun

teste m (plural testi)

1. (rare) test

   Synonym: test

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

teste f pl

1. plural of testa

Anagrams

• sette

References

• teste¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• teste² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Noun

teste

1. ablative singular of testis

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French teste.

Noun

teste f (plural testes)

1. head
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     Comment Epistemon qui avoit la teste tranchée, fut guery habillement par Panurge.

     How Epistemon who had his head cut off was adroitly cured by Panurge

     .

Descendants

• French: tête

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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)

1. to test (something)

Derived terms

• utestet

Related terms

• test (noun)

References

• “teste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin testa.

Noun

teste f (oblique plural testes, nominative singular teste, nominative plural testes)

1. head
   • c. 1170,, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     La teste li eüst copee

     He cut off his head

Descendants

• Middle French: teste
  • French: tête
• Norman: tête, teet
• Walloon: tiesse

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi/, /ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.te/
• Hyphenation: tes‧te

Noun

teste m (plural testes)

1. (antiquated) witness

Related terms

• testar
• testemunho
• testificar

Etymology 2

From English test.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi/, /ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.te/
• Hyphenation: tes‧te

Noun

teste m (plural testes)

1. (education) test (academic examination)
2. test (session in which something or someone is examined under various conditions)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:teste.

Synonyms

• (academic examination): avaliação, ensaio, exame, prova
• (session in which something or someone is examined): avaliação

Derived terms

• teste de Rorschach
• teste psicotécnico

Related terms

• testado
• testador
• testante

• testar
• testável

Verb

teste

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of testar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of testar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of testar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of testar

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:testar.

References

• Infopedia

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Spanish

Verb

teste

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of testar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of testar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of testar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of testar.

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Tarantino

Noun

teste

1. text

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tesˈte/
• Hyphenation: tes‧te

Noun

teste

1. dative singular of test