test drive

See also: test-drive

English

Noun

test drive (plural test drives)

1. A sample driving session in a motor vehicle, in order to assess its quality before purchase.
2. (figuratively) Any preliminary assessment of something through use.

   Synonym: test-ride

Translations

trial run in a vehicle

• Danish: prøvetur c
• Dutch: proefrit (nl) m, testrit (nl) m
• Finnish: koeajo (fi)
• Italian: giro di prova
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prøvetur m

  Nynorsk: prøvetur m

• Portuguese: test drive (pt) m, test-drive m

Verb

test drive (third-person singular simple present test drives, present participle test driving, simple past test drove, past participle test driven)

1. (transitive) To take a motor vehicle on the road to assess its quality before purchase.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To establish a preliminary assessment of something through its use.

   Synonym: test-ride

Alternative forms

• test-drive

Anagrams

• divertest

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English test drive.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaj.vi/ [ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaj.vi/ [ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaj.vi/ [ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.te ˈdɾaj.ve/ [ˈtɛs.te ˈdɾaɪ̯.ve]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈdɾaj.vɨ/ [ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈðɾaj.vɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈdɾaj.vɨ/ [ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈðɾaj.vɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈdɾaj.bɨ/ [ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈðɾaj.βɨ]

Noun

test drive m (plural test drives)

1. test drive