intestate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin intestātus, from in- (“not”) + testātus (“testate”).

Adjective

intestate (not comparable)

1. Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

Antonyms

• testate

Related terms

• intestacy

Translations

without a valid will

• Bulgarian: без завещание (bez zaveštanie)
• Finnish: testamentiton
• French: intestat (fr)
• German: ohne Testament
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: díthiomnach
• Manx: neuhymnagh
• Maori: wira kore

Noun

intestate (plural intestates)

1. (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.

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Translations

a person who dies without making a valid will

• French: intestat (fr) m, intestate (fr) f
• Irish: díthiomnóir m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Manx: neuhymnagh m
• Maori: mate wirakore

References

• “intestate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “intestate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• enstatite, satinette

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛs.tat/

Adjective

intestate

1. feminine singular of intestat

Noun

intestate f (plural intestates)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of intestat

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Italian

Verb

intestate

1. second-person plural present indicative of intestare
2. second-person plural imperative of intestare
3. feminine plural of intestato

Anagrams

• astenetti
• attenesti
• stentiate

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) intestāte

1. vocative masculine singular of intestātus