testimonial

English

Etymology

From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis (“of or pertaining to testimony”), from Latin testimonium (“testimony”). See testimony.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛstɪˈməʊni.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɛstɪˈmoʊni.əl/
• Rhymes: -əʊniəl

Noun

testimonial (plural testimonials)

1. A statement, especially one given under oath; testimony.

   The witness provided a written testimonial to the court.

2. A (usually written) recommendation of someone's worth or character.

   The company website features a customer testimonial.

   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

     "Then why don't you take him into the parlour?" grumbled the ex-driver. His face was a testimonial of hard work and general sobriety but at the moment one might hazard from his voice and manner that he had been drinking earlier in the day.

3. A tribute given in appreciation of someone's service etc.

   He gave a moving testimonial at the retirement dinner.

4. (soccer) A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).

Related terms

• testify
• testimony

Translations

statement given under oath — see testimony

written recommendation — see also reference

• Armenian: երաշխավորագիր (hy) (erašxavoragir)
• Azerbaijani: xasiyyətnamə
• Bulgarian: препоръ́ка (bg) f (preporǎ́ka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 證明 / 证明 (zh) (zhèngmíng)

• Finnish: suositus (fi)
• German: Anerkennungsschreiben n, Empfehlungsschreiben (de) n, Testimonial n
• Irish: teistiméireacht f
• Japanese: 推薦状 (ja) (すいせんじょう, suisenjō)
• Korean: 추천장(推薦狀) (chucheonjang)
• Māori: kupu tautoko
• Romanian: recomandare scrisă f, atestat (ro) n, dovadă (ro) f
• Russian: рекоменда́ция (ru) f (rekomendácija), характери́стика (ru) f (xarakterístika), о́тзыв (ru) m (ótzyv)
• Spanish: testimoniales (es) f pl, atestados (es) m pl, hablar de la benevolencia de (verb), letras comunicatorias f pl
• Swedish: intyg (sv) n
• Turkish: bonservis (tr), şehâdetnâme

tribute of someone's service

• Bulgarian: свиде́телство (bg) n (svidételstvo)
• Finnish: työtodistus (fi), palvelustodistus
• German: Dienstzeugnis n, Leistungszeugnis n, Referenz (de) f, Testimonial n
• Romanian: atestat (ro), referință (ro), dovadă (ro)
• Russian: свиде́тельство (ru) n (svidételʹstvo)
• Turkish: başarı belgesi, onay belgesi, taktirnâme, tastiknâme

football: match played in tribute to a player

• Bulgarian: проща́лен мач m (proštálen mač)
• Finnish: juhlaottelu
• German: Abschiedsspiel n

Adjective

testimonial (not comparable)

1. Serving as testimony.

   a testimonial statement

Further reading

• “testimonial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “testimonial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Danish

Noun

testimonial

1. testimonial

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛs.ti.mɔ.njal/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Adjective

testimonial (feminine testimoniale, masculine plural testimoniaux, feminine plural testimoniales)

1. testimonial

Derived terms

• testimonialement

Further reading

• “testimonial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English testimonial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tes.tiˈmɔ.njal/
• Rhymes: -ɔnjal
• Hyphenation: te‧sti‧mò‧nial

Noun

testimonial m (invariable)

1. testimonial

Noun

testimonial m or f by sense (invariable)

1. person giving a testimonial

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French testimonial, from Latin testimonialis.

Adjective

testimonial m or n (feminine singular testimonială, masculine plural testimoniali, feminine/neuter plural testimoniale)

1. testimonial

Declension

Declension of testimonial

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	testimonial		testimonială	testimoniali	testimoniale
	definite	testimonialul		testimoniala	testimonialii	testimonialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	testimonial		testimoniale	testimoniali	testimoniale
	definite	testimonialului		testimonialei	testimonialilor	testimonialelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testimoˈnjal/ [t̪es.t̪i.moˈnjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tes‧ti‧mo‧nial

Adjective

testimonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural testimoniales)

1. testimonial
2. token; nominal

Derived terms

• testimonialmente

Further reading

• “testimonial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025