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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tɛst/, [tʰɛst]
  • (New Zealand, General South African) IPA(key): [tʰest]
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

From Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste (“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 *tersa (“dry land”). See terra, thirst. The examination sense came via metaphor of the metallurgical sense - the way a metallurgist puts to the test their gold, a teacher may put to the test their students' knowledge.

Noun

test (plural tests)

  1. A challenge, trial.
  2. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
  3. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
  4. A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
  5. (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
  6. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
  7. (botany) Testa; seed coat.
  8. (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
Synonyms
  • (challenge, trial): See Thesaurus:test
  • (academics: examination): examination, quiz
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “academics: examination”): recess
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

Verb

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

  1. To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
  2. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
  3. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
    • September 17, 1796, George Washington, Farewell Address
      Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
  4. (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
  5. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
  6. (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
  7. (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
  8. (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • German: testen
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”).

Noun

test (plural tests)

  1. (obsolete) A witness.
    • 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
      Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To make a testament, or will.
Related terms
  • attest
  • contest
  • detest
  • protest

Etymology 3

Noun

test (uncountable)

  1. (informal, slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of testosterone.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • ETTs, Etts, TETS, TETs, Tets, sett, stet, tets

Breton

Noun

test

  1. witness

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtest]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin testum (“earthenware pot”), from testa (“piece of burnt clay”). Cognate with Spanish tiesto.

Noun

test m (plural testos)

  1. flowerpot
  2. potsherd
Derived terms
  • pixar fora de test
Related terms
  • testa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English test.

Noun

test m (plural tests)

  1. test (exam or challenge)
Derived terms
  • testar
  • testejar
Related terms
  • tèster

Further reading

  • “test” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “test”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English test.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛst]
  • Hyphenation: test

Noun

test m inan

  1. test
    provést test ― to perform a test

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “test”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “test”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “test”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English test.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛsd/

Noun

test c (singular definite testen, plural indefinite tests)

  1. A test, assessment or examination.

Declension

Synonyms

  • prøve
  • afprøvning

Derived terms

  • teste
  • personlighedstest
  • testresultat
  • testbil

References

  • “test” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛst/
  • Hyphenation: test
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English test.

Noun

test m (plural testen or tests, diminutive testje n)

  1. test
Synonyms
  • experiment
  • proef
Derived terms
  • geluidstest
  • piepjestest
  • praktijktest
  • shuttleruntest
  • sneltest
  • testen
Descendants
  • → Indonesian: tes

Verb

test

  1. inflection of testen:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch test, from Old French test, from Latin testum, from testa.

Noun

test m (plural testen or tests, diminutive testje n)

  1. a test, an earthen bowl or pot
  2. a test, a cupel (used in smelting)
Derived terms
  • vergiettest
  • vuurtest
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: tessie

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛst/

Etymology 1

From Old French test, from Latin testum. The orthography of this form reflects semi-learned influence; compare the doublet têt.

Noun

test m (plural tests)

  1. test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement
  2. (marine biology) test, the external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English test, itself from the same Old French test as above.

Noun

test m (plural tests)

  1. a test, a tryout, a review
Derived terms
  • tester

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛʃt]
  • Hyphenation: test
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃt

Noun

test (plural testek)

  1. (anatomy) body
  2. (geometry) solid (three-dimensional figure)
  3. (algebra) field (commutative ring)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • test in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English test.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Hyphenation: tèst

Noun

test m (invariable)

  1. test

Ladin

Noun

test m (plural [please provide])

  1. text

Latvian

Verb

test (?? missing information, ?? conjugation, present ??, past ??)

  1. to beat
  2. to knock about
  3. to flog

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English test, ultimately from Latin testum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛst/

Noun

test m (plural testijiet)

  1. test (examination)
    Għamluli test tad-droga. ― They did a drug test on me.

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English test.

Noun

test m (definite singular testen, indefinite plural tester, definite plural testene)

  1. a test
Derived terms
  • synstest
Related terms
  • teste

Etymology 2

Verb

test

  1. imperative of teste

References

  • “test” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English test.

Noun

test m (definite singular testen, indefinite plural testar, definite plural testane)

  1. a test

Derived terms

  • synstest

References

  • “test” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin testum.

Noun

test oblique singular, m (oblique plural tez or tetz, nominative singular tez or tetz, nominative plural test)

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

Descendants

  • French: têt, test
  • → Middle English: test
    • English: test (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: test
  • → Middle High German: test
    • German: Test

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (test)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English test, from Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste, from Latin testum, from *terstus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Syllabification: test

Noun

test m inan

  1. (education) examination, exam, test (formal test)
    Synonyms: egzamin, sprawdzian

Declension

Further reading

  • test in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • test in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French test.

Noun

test n (plural teste)

  1. test

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /têst/

Noun

tȅst m (Cyrillic spelling те̏ст)

  1. test (challenge, trial)
  2. test (academics)
  3. test (product examination)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English test.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtest/ [ˈt̪est̪]
  • Rhymes: -est
  • Syllabification: test

Noun

test m (plural test)

  1. test
    Synonym: prueba
  2. multiple-choice test, multiple-choice question
    Synonyms: (Spain) examen tipo test, examen de opción múltiple

Usage notes

  • The plural form tests is nonstandard.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “test”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
  • tests | Definición | Diccionario de la lengua española | RAE - ASALE

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English test.

Noun

test c or n

  1. a test, an examination, a trial
  2. a test, an attempt, an experiment
Declension
Synonyms
  • examen
  • försök
  • experiment
  • prov
  • skrivning
Derived terms
Related terms
  • testa

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

test c

  1. a tuft or lock of hair
Declension
Synonyms
  • tofs
  • tuss
Derived terms
  • hårtest

Further reading

  • test in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
  • test in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • sett

Turkish

Etymology

From English test.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtest/
  • Hyphenation: test

Noun

test (definite accusative testi, plural testler)

  1. test
  2. An exam consisting of multiple-choice questions with 3, 4 or 5 choices, labeled a through e.

Declension

Derived terms

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