different between test vs grill
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)
- A challenge, trial.
- 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 or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
- (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (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)
- 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.
- (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.
- 2015, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Harry Levi Hollingworth, Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and Development
- (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)
- (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.
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
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
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
- 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)
- flowerpot
- 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)
- test (exam or challenge)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?st]
- Hyphenation: test
Noun
test m inan
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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): /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)
- 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
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)
- (anatomy) body
- (geometry) solid (three-dimensional figure)
- (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)
- test
Ladin
Noun
test m (plural [please provide])
- text
Latvian
Verb
test (?? missing information., ?? conj., pres. ??, past ??)
- to beat
- to knock about
- to flog
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
Etymology 2
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: 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
- test
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From French test.
Noun
test n (plural teste)
- test
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /têst/
Noun
t?st m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- test (challenge, trial)
- test (academics)
- test (product examination)
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?test/, [?t?est?]
Noun
test m (plural tests)
- test
- Synonym: prueba
Swedish
Noun
test c or n
- a test, an examination, a trial
- a test, an attempt, an experiment
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.
- On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
- (Britain) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
- (US) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
- Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
- A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
- (colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
- Synonyms: fronts, golds
- (colloquial, by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.
- (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)
- (transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cook
- (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.
- (transitive, colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
- (intransitive, informal) To feel very hot; to swelter.
- (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)
- (transitive, Scotland, US, obsolete) To make angry; provoke; incite.
- (transitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To terrify; make tremble.
- (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To tremble; shiver.
- (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)
- (obsolete) Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.
Noun
grill (usually uncountable, plural grills)
- (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)
- cricket (insect)
- sprout, shoot (new growth from a tuber or bulb)
- 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)
- grill
French
Noun
grill m (plural grills)
- 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)
- (cooking) a grill
- (automotive) a radiator grille
Related terms
- grille (cooking)
Etymology 2
Verb
grill
- 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)
- (cooking) a grill
- (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
- barbecue, grill (cooking device)
- Synonyms: ruszt, barbecue
- barbecue (event with meal, typically held outdoors)
- Synonym: barbecue
- 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)
- grill
Swedish
Noun
grill c
- grill (cooking device)
Declension
Related terms
- grilla
- grillning
References
- grill in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- grill in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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