testimonial

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

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 (すいせんじょう, suisenjō) Korean: 추천장(推薦狀) (chucheonjang) 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

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) Spanish: referencias (es) f pl 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• testimonial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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Danish

Noun

testimonial

1. testimonial

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛs.ti.mɔ.njal/

• Audio

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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.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English testimonial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.stiˈmɔ.njal/[1]
• 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

References

1. testimonial in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French testimonial, from Latin testimonialis.

Adjective

testimonial m or n (feminine singular testimonială, masculine plural testimoniali, feminine and 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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

testimonial (plural testimoniales)

1. testimonial
2. token; nominal

Derived terms

• testimonialmente

Further reading

• “testimonial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014