test

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old French test (“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 seen also in terra (“earth”) for *tersa (“dry land”); see terra, thirst.

Noun [edit]

test (plural tests)

  1. A challenge, trial.
    • 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, American Scientist, 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. (academia)   An examination, given often during the academic term.
  3. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
  4. (cricket, normally “Test”)   A Test match.
  5. (marine biology)   The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
    Two sea urchin tests
  6. (botany)   Testa; seed coat.
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Terms derived from the noun test
Descendants [edit]
Translations [edit]
challenge, trial
academics: examination
a session in which a product is examined under various conditions
cricket: test game
external calciferous shell

Verb [edit]

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

  1. To challenge.
  2. (Academics) To administer or assign an examination that is given often during the academic term.
  3. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
  4. (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
    He tested positive for cancer.
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Descendants [edit]
Translations [edit]
to challenge
to administer an examination during the academic term
to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions
to be shown to be by test
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Latin testari.

Verb [edit]

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

  1. (obsolete) To make a testament, or will.

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Breton [edit]

Noun [edit]

test

  1. witness

Czech [edit]

Noun [edit]

test m

  1. test

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

test m (plural tests)

  1. a test, a tryout, a review

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Hungarian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈtɛʃt/

Noun [edit]

test (plural testek)

  1. body
  2. (mathematics) field
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Declension [edit]

declension of test
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
possessives of test
possessor singular possession plural possession
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

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Compound words
Expressions

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English

Noun [edit]

test m (invariable)

  1. test

Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin testum.

Noun [edit]

test m (oblique plural tests, nominative singular tests, nominative plural test)

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

Descendants [edit]

  • English: test (borrowed)

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Spanish [edit]

Noun [edit]

test m (plural tests)

  1. test

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Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

test n and c

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

Declension [edit]

Declension of test 1, 2
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative test testet test testen
genitive tests testets tests testens
Declension of test 1, 2
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative test testen tester testerna
genitive tests testens testers testernas
Declension of test 3
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative test testen testar testarna
genitive tests testens testars testarnas

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