testimonial

English

Etymology

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

Noun

testimonial (plural testimonials)

1. A statement, especially one given under oath; testimony
2. A written recommendation of someone's worth or character
3. A tribute given in appreciation of someone's service etc.
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

• Azerbaijani: xasiyyətnamə
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 證明／证明 (zh) (zhèngmíng), 证明 (zh) (zhèngmíng)

• Finnish: suositus (fi)
• German: Anerkennungsschreiben n, Empfehlungsschreiben (de) n, Testimonial n
• Irish: teistiméireacht f
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• Japanese: 推薦状 (すいせんじょう, suisenjō)
• Maori: 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)
• Swedish: intyg (sv) n
• Turkish: bonservis (tr), şehâdetnâme (tr)

tribute of someone's service

• Finnish: työtodistus (fi), palvelustodistus
• German: Dienstzeugnis n, Leistungszeugnis n, Referenz (de) f, Testimonial n
• Romanian: atestat (ro), referință (ro), dovadă (ro)
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• Spanish: referencias (es) f pl
• Turkish: başarı belgesi, onay belgesi, taktirnâme, tastiknâme

football: match played in tribute to a player

• Finnish: juhlaottelu
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• 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.
• “testimonial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Danish

Noun

testimonial

1. testimonial

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛs.ti.mɔ.njal/

Adjective

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

1. testimonial

Derived terms

• testimonialement

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

testimonial m (uncountable)

1. testimonial

testimonial m or f (uncountable)

1. Person giving a testimonial

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testimoˈnjal/ [t̪es.t̪i.moˈnjal]

Adjective

testimonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural testimoniales)

1. testimonial
2. token; nominal