test

See also: Test, TEST, țest, and tesť

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛst/
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- Rhymes: -ɛst
(South African) IPA^(key): /test/

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.

Noun

test (plural tests)

A challenge, trial.
- 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 168:
  Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
(academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
- 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!‎:
  It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test
(cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
Two sea urchin tests
(botany) Testa; seed coat.
(obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, OCLC 228724395, (please specify the page number):
  Who would excel, when few can make a test / Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?

Synonyms

(challenge, trial): See Thesaurus:test
(academics: examination): examination, quiz

Antonyms

(academics: examination): recess

Hyponyms

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Hyponyms of test

acid test
babysitter test
blood test
duck test
field test
flame test
inkblot test
litmus test
multiple-choice test
nose test
Rorschach test
single-choice test
smell test
smoke test
sniff test
software test
spin prime test
static test
stress test

Derived terms

breath test
crash test
DNA test
driving test
DUT
final test
foretest
mom test
Pap test
paternity test
pregnancy test
put to the test
speaking test
test card
test case
test data
test drive
tester
test flight
test run
test subject
test track
test tube
unit test

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: test
→ Catalan: test
→ Czech: test
→ Danish: test
→ Dutch: test
→ Finnish: testi
→ French: test
→ German: Test
→ Hungarian: teszt
→ Italian: test
→ Japanese: テスト (tesuto)
→ Korean: 테스트 (teseuteu)
→ Macedonian: тест (test)
→ Norwegian: test
→ Persian: تست‎ (test)
→ Polish: test
→ Portuguese: teste
→ Romanian: test
→ Russian: тест (test)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тест
Latin: test
→ Slovene: test
→ Spanish: test
→ Swedish: test
→ Turkish: test
→ Ukrainian: тест (test)

Translations

challenge, trial

Albanian: provë (sq) (indefinite), prova (definite)
Arabic: اِخْتِبَار‎ m (iḵtibār), تَجْرِبَة‎ f (tajriba)
Asturian: prueba f
Azerbaijani: sınaq (az)
Belarusian: тэст m (test), выпрабава́нне n (vyprabavánnje)
Bulgarian: тест (bg) m (test), изпита́ние (bg) n (izpitánie)
Burmese: အစမ်း (my) (a.cam:)
Catalan: prova (ca) f, test (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 試驗／试验 (zh) (shìyàn)
Czech: test (cs) m, zkouška (cs) f
Danish: prøve (da) c, prøvelse c, forsøg n
Dutch: test (nl) m, proef (nl) m
Esperanto: provi
Finnish: koe (fi), koetus (fi)
French: épreuve (fr) f
Friulian: prove f
Galician: proba (gl) f, test m, ensaio m
German: Test (de) m, Versuch (de) m
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 f (gakusts)
Greek: δοκιμασία (el) f (dokimasía), δοκιμή (el) f (dokimí)
Ancient: πεῖρα f (peîra), δοκιμή f (dokimḗ)
Hebrew: מִבְחָן‎ (he) m (mivkhán)
Hindi: चुनौती (hi) f (cunautī)
Hungarian: próba (hu)
Italian: prova (it), verifica (it)
Japanese: 実験 (ja) (じっけん, jikken), 試練 (ja) (しれん, shiren)
Korean: 검사 (ko) (geomsa)
Ladin: proa f
Luxembourgish: Prouf f
Malay: ujian (ms)
Malayalam: പരീക്ഷ (ml) (parīkṣa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: test (no) m, prøve (no) m or f, forsøk (no) n
Persian: آزمایش‎ (fa) (âzmâyeš)
Plautdietsch: Test m, Proow f
Polish: próba (pl) f
Portuguese: prova (pt) f, teste (pt) m
Romanian: probă (ro) f
Russian: про́ба (ru) f (próba), тест (ru) m (tɛst), испыта́ние (ru) n (ispytánije)
Sanskrit: परीक्षा (sa) f (parīkṣā)
Sardinian: proa f, proba, prova
Scottish Gaelic: dearbhadh m, feuchainn f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: те̏ст m
Roman: tȅst (sh) m
Sicilian: prova f
Slovak: test
Slovene: preizkus m, preizkušnja f
Spanish: prueba (es) f, probatura
Swahili: jaribio (sw)
Swedish: prov (sv) n, prövning (sv) c, försök (sv) n
Tajik: озмоиш (tg) (ozmoyiš)
Turkish: test (tr), deneme (tr)
Ukrainian: тест m (test), випро́бування n (vypróbuvannja)
Venetian: prova f
Vietnamese: sự thử thách
Zazaki: cerbnayen, test kerden
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

academics: examination

Albanian: provim (sq) (indefinite), provimi (definite)
Arabic: اِمْتِحَان‎ (ar) m (imtiḥān), اِخْتِبَار‎ m (iḵtibār)
Armenian: քննություն (hy) (kʿnnutʿyun), ստուգարք (hy) (stugarkʿ), ստուգողական (hy) (stugołakan)
Azerbaijani: test (az), sınaq (az)
Basque: azterketa
Belarusian: экза́мен m (ekzámjen), тэст m (test), кантро́льная рабо́та f (kantrólʹnaja rabóta) (control work)
Bengali: পরীক্ষা (bn) (pôrīkha), ইমতেহান (bn) (imtehan)
Bulgarian: и́зпит (bg) m (ízpit), тест (bg) m (test)
Burmese: စာမေးပွဲ (my) (came:pwai:)
Catalan: examen (ca) m, prova (ca) f, test (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 考試／考试, 考试 (haau² si⁵)
Mandarin: 考試／考试 (zh) (kǎoshì)
Czech: zkouška (cs) f
Danish: eksamen c
Dutch: examen (nl) n, test (nl) m
Esperanto: ekzameno
Finnish: koe (fi), tentti (fi)
French: test (fr) m, examen (fr) m
Galician: proba (gl) f, exame m, test m
German: Examen (de) n, Prüfung (de) f
Greek: διαγώνισμα (el) n (diagónisma)
Hebrew: מִבְחָן‎ (he) m (mivkhán)
Hindi: परीक्षा (hi) m (parīkṣā), परख (hi) f (parakh), इम्तहान (hi) m (imtahān)
Hungarian: vizsga (hu)
Irish: scrúdú m
Italian: esame (it) m
Japanese: 試験 (ja) (しけん, shiken), テスト (ja) (tesuto)
Korean: 시험(試驗) (ko) (siheom), 테스트 (ko) (teseuteu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تاقیکردنەوە‎ (taqîkirdnewe)
Lao: ການສອບ (kān sǭp)
Luxembourgish: Prüfung f
Macedonian: тест (mk) m (test), испит m (ispit)
Malay: ujian (ms)
Malayalam: പരീക്ഷ (ml) (parīkṣa)
Persian: آزمایش‎ (fa) (âzmâyeš), امتحان‎ (fa) (emtehân), تست‎ (fa) (test)
Plautdietsch: Test m
Polish: sprawdzian (pl) m
Portuguese: exame (pt) m, teste (pt) m, prova (pt)
Romanian: examen (ro) n
Russian: экза́мен (ru) m (ekzámen), тест (ru) m (tɛst), контро́льная рабо́та f (kontrólʹnaja rabóta) (control work)
Scottish Gaelic: feuchainn f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: те̏ст m, ѝспит m
Roman: tȅst (sh) m, ìspit (sh) m
Sicilian: esami (scn) f
Slovak: skúška f, test
Slovene: test m, izpit (sl) m
Spanish: examen (es) m, test (es) m
Swedish: prov (sv) n, tentamen (sv) c, tenta (sv) c, dugga (sv) c
Tagalog: pagsusulit (tl), subok
Telugu: పరీక్ష (te) (parīkṣa)
Thai: สอบ (th) (sɔ̀ɔp), การสอบ (th) (gaan-sɔ̀ɔp)
Turkish: sınav (tr), test (tr)
Ukrainian: екза́мен (uk) m (ekzámen), тест m (test)
Urdu: امتحان‎ (ur) m (imtahān)
Vietnamese: bài thi
Yiddish: עקזאַמען‎ m (ekzamen), בחינה‎ f (bkhine)

product examination

Arabic: اِمْتِحَان‎ (ar) m (imtiḥān), اِخْتِبَار‎ m (iḵtibār)
Armenian: փորձարկում (hy) (pʿorjarkum)
Belarusian: тэст m (test)
Bulgarian: тест (bg) m (test)
Catalan: test (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 測試／测试 (zh) (cèshì), 檢查／检查 (zh) (jiǎnchá)
Czech: test (cs) m
Danish: test (da) c
Dutch: test (nl) m
Finnish: testi (fi), käyttökoe
French: test (fr) m
Galician: proba (gl) f, test m, ensaio m
German: Test (de), Prüfung (de) f, Erprobung (de) f
Greek: εξέταση (el) f (exétasi)
Hindi: आज़माइश f (āzmāiś), इम्तहान (hi) m (imtahān), प्रयोग (hi) m (prayog), परीक्षा (hi) m (parīkṣā)
Hungarian: teszt (hu), vizsgálat (hu)
Irish: tástáil f
Japanese: 検査 (ja) (けんさ, kensa), テスト (ja) (tesuto)
Korean: 테스트 (ko) (teseuteu), 검사 (ko) (geomsa)
Macedonian: тест (mk) m (test)
Malay: ujian (ms)
Malayalam: പരിശോധന (ml) (pariśōdhana)
Persian: آزمایش‎ (fa) (âzmâyeš), امتحان‎ (fa) (emtehân)
Polish: sprawdzian (pl) m, test (pl) m
Portuguese: teste (pt) m
Romanian: probă (ro) f, test (ro) n
Russian: тест (ru) m (tɛst), испыта́ние (ru) n (ispytánije)
Scottish Gaelic: dearbhadh m, feuchainn f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тест m
Roman: test (sh) m
Slovak: test m
Slovene: test m
Spanish: prueba (es) f, test (es) m
Swedish: test (sv) n, provning c, prov (sv) c
Tajik: озмоиш (tg) (ozmoyiš), имтиҳон (tg) (imtihon)
Telugu: పరీక్ష (te) (parīkṣa)
Thai: การทดลอง (th) (gaan-tót-lɔɔng)
Ukrainian: тест m (test)
Urdu: آزمائش‎ (ur) f (āzmāiś), امتحان‎ (ur) m (imtahān)
Vietnamese: phép kiểm thử, phép kiểm tra

cricket: test game

Malayalam: ടെസ്റ്റ് (ṭesṟṟŭ)
Maori: parawhakawai
Vietnamese: cuộc thi đấu

external calciferous shell

Finnish: kuori (fi)
Galician: testo (gl) m
German: Gehäuse (de) n
Russian: beansman sg or pl or n pl

Verb

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

To challenge.
Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
to test the soundness of a principle
to test the validity of an argument
- September 17, 1796, George Washington, Farewell Address
  Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
  Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems– […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
(copulative) To be shown to be by test.
He tested positive for cancer.
- 2015, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Harry Levi Hollingworth, Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and Development
  It is probable that children who test above 180 IQ are actually present in our juvenile population in greater frequency than at the rate of one in a million.
(chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
to test a solution by litmus paper

Conjugation

Conjugation of test

infinitive	(to) test
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	test	tested
2nd-person singular	test, testest^†	tested, testedst^†
3rd-person singular	tests, testeth^†	tested
plural	test	tested

subjunctive	test	tested

imperative	test	—

participles	testing	tested

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Derived terms

field-test
test out
tried and tested
undertest

Descendants

German: testen

Translations

to challenge

Azerbaijani: sınamaq (az), sınaqdan keçirmək
Bulgarian: изпитвам (bg) (izpitvam), тествам (bg) (testvam)
Catalan: posar a prova
Chinese:
Mandarin: 測試／测试 (zh) (cèshì)
Danish: udfordre
Finnish: testata (fi), koestaa, haastaa (fi)
French: tester (fr), mettre à l'épreuve (fr)
German: fordern (de), abverlangen (de), provozieren (de)
Gothic: 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan)
Greek: δοκιμάζω (el) (dokimázo)
Ancient: ἐλέγχω (elénkhō)
Hungarian: kihív (hu)
Italian: testare (it), mettere alla prova
Japanese: 試す (ja) (ためす, tamesu)
Kyrgyz: сыноо (ky) (sınoo)
Latin: perīclitor (la)
Malay: menguji
Malayalam: പരീക്ഷിക്കുക (ml) (parīkṣikkuka)
Portuguese: testar (pt)
Romanian: proba (ro), încerca (ro), testa (ro)
Russian: испы́тывать (ru) impf (ispýtyvatʹ), испыта́ть (ru) pf (ispytátʹ), тести́ровать (ru) impf (tɛstírovatʹ), протести́ровать (ru) pf (protɛstírovatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: feuch
Slovak: testovať impf, otestovať pf
Slovene: preizkusiti pf
Spanish: probar (es), testear (es)
Swahili: -jaribu
Ukrainian: випробовувати (vyprobovuvaty), тестувати (testuvaty)
Vietnamese: thử (vi), thử thách (vi)

to administer an examination during the academic term

Arabic: اِمْتَحَنَ‎ (imtaḥana)
Azerbaijani: sınaqdan keçirmək, sınamaq (az)
Belarusian: тэстава́ць impf (testavácʹ), тэсці́раваць impf (tescíravacʹ)
Catalan: examinar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 測驗／测验 (zh) (cèyàn), 考驗／考验 (zh) (kǎoyàn)
Czech: testovat (cs) impf, zkoušet (cs) impf, vyzkoušet (cs) pf
Danish: teste (da)
Finnish: järjestää tentti
French: tester (fr)
German: prüfen (de)
Greek: εξετάζω (el) (exetázo)
Hungarian: vizsgázik, vizsgáztat
Japanese: テストする (ja) (tesuto suru), 試験する (ja) (しけんする, shiken suru)
Korean: 시험하다 (ko) (siheomhada)
Latin: specto (la)
Polish: testować (pl) impf
Russian: тести́ровать (ru) impf (tɛstírovatʹ), протести́ровать (ru) pf (protɛstírovatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: feuch
Slovak: testovať impf, skúšať impf, vyskúšať pf
Tagalog: subukin
Ukrainian: трестува́ти impf (trestuváty)
Vietnamese: đưa (vi) bài thi

to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions

Arabic: اِمْتَحَنَ‎ (imtaḥana), اِخْتَبَرَ‎ (iḵtabara), اِبْتَلَى‎ (ibtalā), فَتَنَ‎ (fatana)
Azerbaijani: sınamaq (az), sınaqdan keçirmək
Bulgarian: тествам (bg) (testvam)
Catalan: provar (ca), testejar
Chinese:
Mandarin: 檢驗／检验 (zh) (jiǎnyàn)
Czech: testovat (cs) impf, zkoušet (cs) impf, vyzkoušet (cs) pf
Danish: teste (da)
Finnish: testata (fi)
French: tester (fr)
German: erproben (de)
Greek: δοκιμάζω (el) (dokimázo), θέτω υπό δοκιμασία (théto ypó dokimasía)
Hungarian: tesztel (hu), vizsgál (hu)
Irish: tástáil f
Italian: testare (it)
Japanese: 試す (ja) (ためす, tamesu), テストする (ja) (tesuto suru)
Latin: experior
Malayalam: പരിശോധിക്കുക (ml) (pariśōdhikkuka)
Polish: testować (pl) impf
Portuguese: testar (pt)
Russian: тести́ровать (ru) impf (tɛstírovatʹ), протести́ровать (ru) pf (protɛstírovatʹ), испы́тывать (ru) impf (ispýtyvatʹ), испыта́ть (ru) pf (ispytátʹ)
Slovak: testovať impf, skúšať impf, vyskúšať pf
Slovene: testirati impf, preizkusiti pf
Spanish: examinar (es), probar (es), testear (es)
Vietnamese: kiểm thử, kiểm tra (vi)

to be shown to be by test

Finnish: testata (fi)
German: aufzeigen (de), erweisen (de) (reflexive)

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Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} provoj (sq)
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} اِخْتَبَرَ‎ (iḵtabara)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} test (nl), ^{(please verify)} testen (nl)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} coba (id)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} esaminare (it), ^{(please verify)} provare (it), ^{(please verify)} valutare (it), ^{(please verify)} verificare (it)
Mandarin:
Simplified: 测试 (cèshì), 测验 (cèyàn), 考验 (kǎoyàn), 化验 (huàyàn)
Traditional: 測試 (cèshì), 測驗 (cèyàn), 考驗 (kǎoyàn), 化驗 (huàyàn)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} teste (no), ^{(please verify)} tester, ^{(please verify)} testet (no), ^{(please verify)} har testet
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} examinar (es), ^{(please verify)} probar (es)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} utmana (sv), ^{(please verify)} testa (sv)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పరీక్షించు (te) (parīkṣiñcu)
Thai: ^{(please verify)} ทดสอบ (th) (tót-sɔ̀ɔp)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

test (plural tests)

(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)

(obsolete, transitive) To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
(obsolete, intransitive) To make a testament, or will.

Related terms

attest
contest
detest
protest

Etymology 3

Clipping of testosterone.

Noun

test (uncountable)

(informal, slang, body building) testosterone

Anagrams

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

Breton

Noun

test

witness

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtest/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

test m (plural testos)

flowerpot
potsherd

Derived terms

pixar fora de test

Related terms

testa

Etymology 2

From English test.

Noun

test m (plural tests)

test (exam or challenge)

Derived terms

testar
testejar

Related terms

tèster

Czech

Etymology

From English test.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɛst]
Hyphenation: test

Noun

test m inan

test
provésttest ― to perform a test

Declension

Declension of test

	singular	plural
nominative	test	testy
genitive	testu	testů
dative	testu	testům
accusative	test	testy
vocative	teste	testy
locative	testu	testech
instrumental	testem	testy

Derived terms

testovat
testovací
testový

Danish

Etymology

From English test.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛsd/

Noun

test c (singular definite testen, plural indefinite tests)

A test, assessment or examination.

Synonyms

prøve
afprøvning

Derived terms

teste
personlighedstest
testresultat
testbil

References

“test” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛst/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: test
Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English test.

Noun

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

test

Synonyms

experiment
proef

Derived terms

geluidstest
piepjestest
praktijktest
shuttleruntest
sneltest
testen

Descendants

→ Indonesian: tes

Verb

test

first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of testen
imperative of testen

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)

A test, an earthen bowl or pot.
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)

test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement
(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)

a test, a tryout, a review

Derived terms

tester

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɛʃt]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: test
Rhymes: -ɛʃt

Noun

test (plural testek)

(anatomy) body
(geometry) solid (three-dimensional figure)
(algebra) field (commutative ring)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	test	testek
accusative	testet	testeket
dative	testnek	testeknek
instrumental	testtel	testekkel
causal-final	testért	testekért
translative	testté	testekké
terminative	testig	testekig
essive-formal	testként	testekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	testben	testekben
superessive	testen	testeken
adessive	testnél	testeknél
illative	testbe	testekbe
sublative	testre	testekre
allative	testhez	testekhez
elative	testből	testekből
delative	testről	testekről
ablative	testtől	testektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	testé	testeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	testéi	testekéi

Possessive forms of test
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	testem	testeim
2nd person sing.	tested	testeid
3rd person sing.	teste	testei
1st person plural	testünk	testeink
2nd person plural	testetek	testeitek
3rd person plural	testük	testeik

Derived terms

testecs
testecske
testes
testi
testű

Compound words

felsőtest
forgástest
fűtőtest
hajótest
holttest
testalkat
testápolás
testépítés
testnevelés
testnyelv
testőr
testrész
testtartás
testvér
vértest

Expressions

a lélek kész, de a test erőtlen
arkhimédészi test
platóni test
testre szab

References

test in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English test.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

test m (invariable)

test

Ladin

Noun

test m (plural [please provide])

text

Latvian

Verb

test (?? missing information., ?? conj., pres. ??, past ??)

to beat
to knock about
to flog

Maltese

Etymology

From English test, ultimately from Latin testum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛst/

Noun

test m (plural testijiet)

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

Derived terms

ttesta (rare; usually għamel test as above)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English test.

Noun

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

a test

Derived terms

synstest

Related terms

teste

Verb

test

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)

a test

Derived terms

synstest

References

“test” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin testum.

Noun

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

(uncountable) clay
(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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (test)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English test.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛst/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛst
Syllabification: test

Noun

test m inan

test

Declension

Declension of test

	singular	plural
nominative	test	testy
genitive	testu	testów
dative	testowi	testom
accusative	test	testy
instrumental	testem	testami
locative	teście	testach
vocative	teście	testy

Romanian

Etymology

From French test.

Noun

test n (plural teste)

test

Declension

Declension of test

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) test	testul	(niște) teste	testele
genitive/dative	(unui) test	testului	(unor) teste	testelor
vocative	testule		testelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /têst/

Noun

tȅst m (Cyrillic spelling те̏ст)

test (challenge, trial)
test (academics)
test (product examination)

Declension

Declension of test

	singular	plural
nominative	tȅst	tèstovi
genitive	testa	testova
dative	testu	testovima
accusative	test	testove
vocative	teste	testovi
locative	testu	testovima
instrumental	testom	testovima

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English test.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtest/ [ˈt̪est̪]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -est
Syllabification: test

Noun

test m (plural test)

test
Synonym: prueba
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

examen tipo test

Swedish

Etymology 1

From English test.

Noun

test c or n

a test, an examination, a trial
a test, an attempt, an experiment

Declension

Declension of test
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	test	testet	test	testen
Genitive	tests	testets	tests	testens

Declension of test
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	test	testen	tester	testerna
Genitive	tests	testens	testers	testernas

Synonyms

examen
försök
experiment
prov
skrivning

Derived terms

alkotest
anlagstest
betatest
blindtest
blodtest
bläckplumpstest
chitvåtest
drogtest
flervalstest
graviditetstest
hivtest
intelligenstest
konditionstest
lucktest
personlighetstest
rorschachtest
språktest
älgtest

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

a tuft or lock of hair

Declension

Declension of test
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	test	testen	testar	testarna
Genitive	tests	testens	testars	testarnas

Synonyms

tofs
tuss

Derived terms

hårtest

Anagrams

sett

Turkish

Etymology

From English test.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtest/
Hyphenation: test

Noun

test (definite accusative testi, plural testler)

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

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

test

Definite accusative

testi

Singular

Plural

Nominative

test

testler

Definite accusative

testi

testleri

Dative

teste

testlere

Locative

testte

testlerde

Ablative

testten

testlerden

Genitive

testin

testlerin

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	testim	testlerim
2nd singular	testin	testlerin
3rd singular	testi	testleri
1st plural	testimiz	testlerimiz
2nd plural	testiniz	testleriniz
3rd plural	testleri	testleri
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	testimi	testlerimi
2nd singular	testini	testlerini
3rd singular	testini	testlerini
1st plural	testimizi	testlerimizi
2nd plural	testinizi	testlerinizi
3rd plural	testlerini	testlerini
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	testime	testlerime
2nd singular	testine	testlerine
3rd singular	testine	testlerine
1st plural	testimize	testlerimize
2nd plural	testinize	testlerinize
3rd plural	testlerine	testlerine
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	testimde	testlerimde
2nd singular	testinde	testlerinde
3rd singular	testinde	testlerinde
1st plural	testimizde	testlerimizde
2nd plural	testinizde	testlerinizde
3rd plural	testlerinde	testlerinde
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	testimden	testlerimden
2nd singular	testinden	testlerinden
3rd singular	testinden	testlerinden
1st plural	testimizden	testlerimizden
2nd plural	testinizden	testlerinizden
3rd plural	testlerinden	testlerinden
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	testimin	testlerimin
2nd singular	testinin	testlerinin
3rd singular	testinin	testlerinin
1st plural	testimizin	testlerimizin
2nd plural	testinizin	testlerinizin
3rd plural	testlerinin	testlerinin

Derived terms

testçi
testçik
testçilik
testle
testli
testse
testsiz

[1] test in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

test

English

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Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

Noun

Further reading

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Breton

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Czech

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Noun

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Danish

Etymology

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Noun

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Descendants

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

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Italian