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test

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?st/
  • Rhymes: -?st
  • (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)

  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 or piece of equipment 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
  • (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.
    Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
  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.
    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.
  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.
    • 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.
  7. (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
    to test a solution by litmus paper
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

Clipping of testosterone.

Noun

test (uncountable)

  1. (informal, slang, body building) testosterone

Further reading

  • test in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • test in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

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

Breton

Noun

test

  1. witness

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Noun

test m (plural testos)

  1. flowerpot
  2. piece of clay

Etymology 2

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

Noun

test m (plural tests)

  1. test (exam or challenge)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?t?st]
  • Hyphenation: test

Noun

test m inan

  1. test

Declension

Derived terms

  • testovat
  • testovací
  • testový

Further reading

  • test in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • test in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From English test.

Noun

test

  1. test (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

  • “test” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?st/
  • Hyphenation: test
  • Rhymes: -?st

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
  • shuttleruntest
  • sneltest
  • testen

Descendants

  • ? Indonesian: tes

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): /t?st/

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?t??t]
  • Hyphenation: test
  • Rhymes: -??t

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 értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English test.

Noun

test m (invariable)

  1. test

Ladin

Noun

test m (plural [please provide])

  1. text

Latvian

Verb

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

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

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 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: test
  • French: têt
  • ? 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?st/

Noun

test m inan

  1. test

Declension


Romanian

Etymology

From French test.

Noun

test n (plural teste)

  1. test

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /têst/

Noun

t?st m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

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

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?test/, [?t?est?]

Noun

test m (plural tests)

  1. test
    Synonym: prueba

Swedish

Noun

test c or n

  1. a test, an examination, a trial
  2. a test, an attempt, an experiment
  3. a piece of hair c

Declension

Synonyms

  • examen
  • försök
  • experiment
  • prov
  • skrivning
  • tofs
  • tuss

Related terms

  • betatest
  • hårtest
  • testa

Anagrams

  • sett

Turkish

Etymology

From English test.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

test (definite accusative testi, plural testler)

  1. test

Declension

Derived terms

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grill

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???l/
  • Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

1655, from French gril, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French greïl, graïl (gridiron), from graïlle (grate, grating), from Latin cr?t?cula (gridiron), diminutive of cr?tis (hurdle, wickerwork), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.

Alternative forms

  • grille (only in sense of "grating")

Noun

grill (plural grills)

  1. A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
    • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
  2. On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
  3. (Britain) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
  4. (US) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
  5. Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
  6. A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
  7. (colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
    Synonyms: fronts, golds
  8. (colloquial, by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.
  9. (Internet slang, humorous) Misspelling of girl.
Derived terms
  • mixed grill
  • grilling
Translations

Verb

grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)

  1. (transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cook
  2. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, Britain) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
  4. (intransitive, informal) To feel very hot; to swelter.
  5. (transitive) To stamp or mark with a grill.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English grillen (to anger, provoke), from Old English grillan, griellan (to annoy, vex, offend), from Proto-Germanic *graljan? (to shout, make angry), from Proto-Indo-European *g?er- (to rattle, make a noise, grumble). Cognate with Saterland Frisian grulje (to make angry), Dutch grillen (to shudder, shiver), Low German vergrellen (to anger, provoke), German grollen (to rumble) and perhaps also with French grouiller (to swarm).

Alternative forms

  • girl (Scotland)

Verb

grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)

  1. (transitive, Scotland, US, obsolete) To make angry; provoke; incite.
  2. (transitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To terrify; make tremble.
  3. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To tremble; shiver.
  4. (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To snarl; snap.

Etymology 3

From Middle English gril, grille (harsh, rough, severe), from Old English *griell, from Proto-Germanic *grellaz (angry), from Proto-Indo-European *g?er- (to rattle, make a noise, grumble). Cognate with German grell (harsh, angry), Danish grel (shrill, glaring, dazzling).

Adjective

grill (comparative griller or more grill, superlative grillest or most grill)

  1. (obsolete) Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.

Noun

grill (usually uncountable, plural grills)

  1. (obsolete) Harm.

References

  • grill in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan grilh), from Latin gryllus (compare Spanish grillo), probably from Ancient Greek ??????? (grúllos).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /???i?/

Noun

grill m (plural grills)

  1. cricket (insect)
  2. sprout, shoot (new growth from a tuber or bulb)
  3. segment, section (of a citrus fruit or a nut)

Further reading

  • “grill” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • gril (unofficial)

Etymology

Borrowed from English grill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?r?l/
  • Hyphenation: grill
  • Rhymes: -?l

Noun

grill m (plural grills, diminutive grilletje n)

  1. grill

French

Noun

grill m (plural grills)

  1. grill (restaurant)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?r?l/
  • Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From English grill, grille, from French gril (grill), grille (gate, grate, grid), from Middle French grille, grisle, from Old French greille, graïlle, from earlier gradilie, from Latin cr?ticula (grill, grating, griddle) (or Vulgar Latin graticula), diminutive of cr?tis (wickerwork, bundle of brush, fascine), possibly either from Proto-Indo-European *kr?tis, from *kert- (to weave, twist together), or from *kréh?-tis.

Noun

grill m (definite singular grillen, indefinite plural griller, definite plural grillene)

  1. (cooking) a grill
  2. (automotive) a radiator grille
Related terms
  • grille (cooking)

Etymology 2

Verb

grill

  1. imperative of grille

References

  • “grill” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French grille, gril, via English grill, grille

Noun

grill m (definite singular grillen, indefinite plural grillar, definite plural grillane)

  1. (cooking) a grill
  2. (automotive) a radiator grille

References

  • “grill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English grill, from French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (gridiron), from graïlle (grate, grating), from Latin cr?t?cula (gridiron), diminutive of cr?tis (hurdle, wickerwork).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?r?il/, /?r?l/

Noun

grill m inan

  1. barbecue, grill (cooking device)
    Synonyms: ruszt, barbecue
  2. barbecue (event with meal, typically held outdoors)
    Synonym: barbecue
  3. grill of a car

Declension

Derived terms

  • (verb) grillowa?
  • (adjective) grillowy

Further reading

  • grill in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • grill in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

grill m (plural grills)

  1. grill

Swedish

Noun

grill c

  1. grill (cooking device)

Declension

Related terms

  • grilla
  • grillning

References

  • grill in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • grill in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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