teste

So called from Latin teste, ablative of testis (“a witness”), because this was formerly the initial word in the clause.

teste (plural testes)

1. (law) A witness.
2. The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

• testes

• teest, teets

teste f (plural testes)

1. Obsolete spelling of tête

• “teste” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• tètes, tétés, têtes

From Latin testa.

teste f (plural testis)

1. (rare) head

• cjâf
• (informal, colloquial, or humorous) burele, capadocie, cassele, coce, çucje, çurie, maçocje, melonarie

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛstə]

teste

1. First-person singular present of testen.
2. Imperative singular of testen.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of testen.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of testen.

test +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛʃtɛ]
• Hyphenation: tes‧te

teste

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of test

teste (plural testes)

1. witness
2. (anatomy) testicle, testis

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.te/
• Stress: tèste
• Hyphenation: te‧ste

From Latin testis, from earlier *terstis ← *tristis, from Proto-Indo-European *tristh₂s (“a third party standing, after the two parties to a contract or dispute”), from *tréyes (“three”) and *steh₂- (“to stand”).

teste m or f (plural testi)

1. (law) witness

   Synonym: testimone

• testimone
• testimonianza
• testimoniare
• testimonio

From English test.

teste m (plural testi)

1. (rare) test

   Synonym: test

See the etymology of the main entry.

teste f pl

1. plural of testa

• sette

• teste¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• teste² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

teste

1. ablative singular of testis

From Old French teste.

teste f (plural testes)

1. head
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     Comment Epistemon qui avoit la teste tranchée, fut guery habillement par Panurge.

     How Epistemon who had his head cut off was adroitly cured by Panurge

     .

• French: tête

From English test

teste (imperative test, present tense tester, passive testes, simple past and past participle testa or testet, present participle testende)

1. to test (something)

• utestet

• test (noun)

• “teste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin testa.

teste f (oblique plural testes, nominative singular teste, nominative plural testes)

1. head
   • c. 1170,, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     La teste li eüst copee

     He cut off his head

• Middle French: teste
  • French: tête
• Norman: tête, teet
• Walloon: tiesse

From Latin testis (“witness”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi/, /ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.te/
• Hyphenation: tes‧te

teste m (plural testes)

1. (antiquated) witness

• testar
• testemunho
• testificar

From English test.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi/, /ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.te/
• Hyphenation: tes‧te

teste m (plural testes)

1. (education) test (academic examination)
2. test (session in which something or someone is examined under various conditions)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:teste.

• (academic examination): avaliação, ensaio, exame, prova
• (session in which something or someone is examined): avaliação

• teste de Rorschach
• teste psicotécnico

teste

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of testar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of testar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of testar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of testar

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:testar.

• Infopedia

teste

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of testar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of testar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of testar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of testar.

teste

1. text

• IPA^(key): /tesˈte/
• Hyphenation: tes‧te

teste

1. dative singular of test