GeezerVison is showing en.wiktionary.org — testament - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Etymology
From Middle English testament Old French testament Latin testāmentum ( “ the publication of a will, a will, testament, in Late Latin one of the divisions of the Bible ” ) , from testor ( “ to be a witness, testify, attest, make a will ” ) , from testis ( “ one who attests, a witness ” ) . Displaced native Old English ġecȳþnes
Pronunciation
Noun
testament (plural testaments
( law ) instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir (s).
Synonyms: will last will and testament last will One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion : the New Testament , considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures , and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament .
A tangible proof or tribute .
Synonym: testimony The ancient aqueducts are a testament to the great engineering skill of the Roman Empire.
His remarkable recovery is a testament to the doctor's skill.
1976 August 28, Steven Blevins, “Ads and Beauty Contests”, in Gay Community News , volume 4, number 9, page 4:These ads are a sad testament to the paper's attitude toward gay men, and a disheartening indication of the direction GCN may be going.
2015 August 12, Todd Leopold, “Return to the ‘City That Care Forgot’”, in CNN [1] Warner Bros. Discovery , archived from the original on 2 January 2022 :The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: a testament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all.
A credo , expression of conviction .
The prime minister's speech was a glowing testament to the cabinet's undying commitment to the royal cause.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
document containing a person's will
Albanian: testament (sq) m
Arabic: وَصِيَّة f ( waṣiyya )
Armenian: կտակ (hy) ( ktak )
Avar: васият ( wasijat )
Azerbaijani: vəsiyyət (az) , vəsiyyətnamə
Bashkir: васыят ( vasïyat )
Belarusian: запаве́т m ( zapavjét ) , духо́ўніца f ( duxównica ) , завяшча́нне n ( zavjaščánnje ) , завяшча́ньне n ( zavjaščánʹnje ) , нака́з m ( nakáz ) , тэстама́нт m ( testamánt )
Bengali: অসিয়ত (bn) ( ośiẏot ) , উইল (bn) ( uil )
Bulgarian: за́вещание (bg) n ( záveštanie )
Burmese: သေတမ်းစာ (my) ( setam:ca )
Catalan: testament (ca) m
Chechen: весет ( veset )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 平安紙 / 平安纸 ( ping4 on1 zi2 ) , 遺囑 / 遗嘱 ( wai4 zuk1 )
Mandarin: 遺囑 / 遗嘱 (zh) ( yízhǔ )
Czech: závěť (cs) f poslední vůle f
Danish: testamente (da) n
Dutch: testament (nl) n laatste wilsbeschikking f
Esperanto: testamento (eo)
Estonian: testament (et)
Faroese: testamenti n arvaskjal n arvabræv n
Finnish: testamentti (fi) , viimeinen tahto
French: testament (fr) m
Galician: testamento (gl) m
Georgian: ანდერძი ( anderʒi )
German: Testament (de) n Letzter Wille m
Greek: διαθήκη (el) f ( diathíki )
Ancient Greek: διαθήκη f ( diathḗkē )
Gujarati: વસિયતનામું n ( vasiyatnāmũ )
Hebrew: צַוָּאָה / צוואה f ( tsava'á )
Hindi: वसीयत (hi) f ( vasīyat )
Hungarian: végrendelet (hu) , testamentum (hu)
Hunsrik: Testement n
Icelandic: erfðaskrá (is) f
Indonesian: wasiat (id)
Irish: tiomna (ga) m uacht (ga) f
Italian: lascito (it) m testamento (it) m
Japanese: 遺書 (ja) ( いしょ, isho ) , 遺言 (ja) ( ゆいごん, yuigon, いごん, igon )
Kazakh: өсиет ( ösiyet ) , өсиетнама ( ösiyetnama ) , өсиетхат ( ösiyetxat )
Khmer: មត្តកសាសន៍ ( mattaʼkaʼsaah )
Korean: 유서(遺書) (ko) ( yuseo ) , 유언(遺言) (ko) ( yueon )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: wesyet (ku)
Kyrgyz: осуят (ky) ( osuyat ) , керээзкат ( kereezkat ) , керээз ( kereez )
Lao: ພິໄນກັມ ( phi nai kam )
Latin: testāmentum n
Latvian: testaments m
Lithuanian: testamentas m
Luhya: ewill ewili luwasia
Luxembourgish: Testament n
Macedonian: завешта́ние n ( zaveštánie ) , за́вет m ( závet ) , тестаме́нт m ( testamént )
Malay: wasiat
Manx: çhymney m
Māori: wira
Melanau:
Central Melanau: wil
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гэрээслэл (mn) ( gereeslel )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: testament n
Old English: ierfeġewrit n
Persian:
Iranian Persian: وَصِیَّت ( vasiyyat ) , وَصِیَّتنامِه ( vasiyyat-nâme )
Polish: testament (pl) m
Portuguese: testamento (pt) m
Romanian: testament (ro) n
Russian: заве́т (ru) m ( zavét ) , завеща́ние (ru) n ( zaveščánije ) , нака́з (ru) m ( nakáz )
Scottish Gaelic: tiomnadh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏порука f теста̀мент m
Latin: ȍporuka (sh) f testàment (sh) m
Slovak: testament m závet m
Slovene: oporoka (sl) f
Southern Altai: кереес ( kerees )
Spanish: testamento (es) m
Swahili: wosia
Swedish: testamente (sv) n
Tagalog: hulimbilin tipan
Tajik: васият ( vasiyat ) , васиятнома ( vasiyatnoma )
Tamil: உயில் (ta) ( uyil )
Tatar: васыять (tt) ( wasıyät ) , васыятьнамә ( wasıyätnamä )
Telugu: వీలునామా (te) ( vīlunāmā )
Thai: พินัยกรรม (th) ( pí-nai-gam )
Turkish: kalıtyazı (tr) , vasiyet (tr) , vasiyetname (tr)
Turkmen: wesýet wesýetnama
Ukrainian: запові́т m ( zapovít ) , духівни́ця f ( duxivnýcja ) , тестаме́нт (uk) m ( testamént )
Urdu: وَصِیَت (ur) f ( vasiyat )
Uyghur: ۋەسىيەت ( wesiyet )
Uzbek: vasiyat (uz) , vasiyatnoma (uz)
Vietnamese: di chúc (vi) (遺囑 chúc thư (vi) (囑書 ( uncommon )
Welsh: ewyllys (cy) f
tangible proof or tribute
Further reading
“testament ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC William Dwight Whitney , Benjamin Eli Smith , editors (1895–1910 ), “testament ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , →OCLC
Verb
testament (third-person singular simple present testaments present participle testamenting simple past and past participle testamented
( intransitive ) ( transitive )
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin testāmentum
Pronunciation
Noun
testament m plural testaments
testament will ( document )
Derived terms
Further reading
“testament ”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “testament ”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana , Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana , 2026 “testament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià , Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .Alcover, Antoni Maria ; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963 ), “testament ”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Dutch
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch testament derived from Old French testament derived from Latin testāmentum ( “ the publication of a will, a will, testament ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /tɛs.taːˈmɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt
Hyphenation: tes‧ta‧ment
Noun
testament n plural testamenten diminutive testamentje n
( law ) testament ( document containing a person's will )
Synonym: laatste wilsbeschikking ( biblical ) testament ( part of the Bible )
Derived terms
Descendants
References
“testament ” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling , Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French
Etymology
From Old French testament Latin testāmentum
Pronunciation
Noun
testament m plural testaments
( law ) testament legacy
Derived terms
Further reading
Livonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin testamentum
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈtestɑˌment/ , [ˈtesˑtɑˌmenˑtˑ]
Noun
testament
will ( a legal document stating who is to receive a person's estate and assets after his/her death ) ( Christianity ) testament
Declension
References
Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013 ), “testament ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary [2]
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin testāmentum Old Norse testament
Noun
testament n definite singular testamentet indefinite plural testament or testamenter definite plural testamenta or testamentene
( law ) will (and/or) testament
Related terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin testāmentum Old Norse testament
Pronunciation
Noun
testament n definite singular testamentet indefinite plural testament definite plural testamenta
( law ) will , testament ( declaration of disposal of inheritance ) ( Christianity ) testament ( one of the two parts of the Bible )
References
Old French
Etymology
From Latin testāmentum
Noun
testament oblique singular , m oblique plural testamenz or testamentz nominative singular testamenz or testamentz nominative plural testament
testimony ; statement
Descendants
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
testament m
testament
Polish
testament
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin testāmentum
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /tɛsˈta.mɛnt/ Rhymes: -amɛnt
Syllabification: tes‧ta‧ment
Noun
testament m inan diminutive testamencik related adjective testamentowy or testamentalny or testamentarny
testament will ( formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes ) legacy ( artistic creation or spiritual message left behind after someone's death for future generations )
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
“testament ”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego [3] “testament ”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN [4] testament in PWN's encyclopedia
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin testamentum
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /tes.taˈment/ Rhymes: -ent
Hyphenation: tes‧ta‧ment
Noun
testament n plural testamente
will
Declension
References
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin testāmentum
Pronunciation
Noun
testàment m inan Cyrillic spelling теста̀мент
( law ) will ( legal document )
Declension
Related terms
