teste
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)
- (law) A witness.
- The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
See also
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
French
Noun
teste f (plural testes)
- Obsolete spelling of tête
Further reading
- “teste” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛstə]
Verb
teste
- First-person singular present of testen.
- Imperative singular of testen.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of testen.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of testen.
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛʃtɛ]
- Hyphenation: tes‧te
Noun
teste
- 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 | — |
Interlingua
Noun
teste (plural testes)
Italian
Noun
teste f
- plural of testa
teste m, f (plural testi)
Synonyms
- (witness): testimone
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
teste
- ablative singular of testis
Middle French
Noun
teste f (plural testes)
- 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
- Comment Epistemon qui avoit la teste tranchée, fut guery habillement par Panurge.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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
Related terms
- test (noun)
References
- “teste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old French
Noun
teste f (oblique plural testes, nominative singular teste, nominative plural testes)
- head
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- La teste li eüst copee
- He cut off his head
- La teste li eüst copee
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants
- French: tête
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)
- (antiquated) witness
Related terms
Etymology 2
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)
- (education) test (academic examination)
- test (session in which something or someone is examined under various conditions)
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:teste.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- teste de Rorschach
- teste psicotécnico
Related terms
Verb
teste
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of testar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of testar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of testar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of testar
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:testar.
References
Spanish
Verb
teste
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of testar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of testar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of testar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of testar.
Tarantino
Noun
teste
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): tesˈte
- Hyphenation: tes‧te
Noun
teste
- dative singular of test