different between testament vs commemoration

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin test?mentum (“the publication of a will, a will, testament, in Late Latin one of the divisions of the Bible”), from testor (“I am a witness, testify, attest, make a will”), from testis (“one who attests, a witness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?st.?.m?nt/

Noun

testament (plural testaments)

1. (law) A solemn, authentic 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

2. 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.
3. A tangible proof or tribute.

4. A credo, expression of conviction

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• statement, tentmates

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin test?mentum.

Noun

testament m (plural testaments)

1. testament
2. will (document)

Derived terms

• Antic Testament
• Nou Testament

Further reading

• “testament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “testament” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “testament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “testament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch testament, from Old French testament, from Latin test?mentum (“the publication of a will, a will, testament”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?sta?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: tes?ta?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

testament n (plural testamenten, diminutive testamentje n)

1. (law) testament, last will

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: testamen

French

Etymology

From Old French testament, from Latin test?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?s.ta.m??/

Noun

testament m (plural testaments)

1. (law) testament, last will

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• testamente

Etymology

From Latin test?mentum, via Old Norse testament

Noun

testament n (definite singular testamentet, indefinite plural testament or testamenter, definite plural testamenta or testamentene)

1. (law) a will (and/or) testament

Related terms

• testamentere

References

• “testament” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• testamente

Etymology

From Latin test?mentum, via Old Norse testament

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?st??m?nt/

Noun

testament n (definite singular testamentet, indefinite plural testament, definite plural testamenta)

1. (law) a will, testament (declaration of disposal of inheritance)
2. (Christianity) a testament (one of the two parts of the Bible)

References

• “testament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin test?mentum.

Noun

testament m (oblique plural testamenz or testamentz, nominative singular testamenz or testamentz, nominative plural testament)

1. testimony; statement

Descendants

• ? English: testament
• French: testament

Polish

Etymology

From Latin test?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??sta.m?nt/

Noun

testament m inan

1. (law) will, testament

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin testamentum

Noun

testament n (plural testamente)

1. will

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin test?mentum.

Noun

testàment m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. (law) the (last) will (legal document)

Declension

Related terms

• ?poruka (formal, Croatia)

English

Etymology

From commemorate +? -ion, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemor?ti?nem, verb commemor?re.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

commemoration (countable and uncountable, plural commemorations)

1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
2. That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
3. (religion) The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.
4. (Britain) The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.

Translations