different between testator vs testament

English

Alternative forms

• testatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin testator (“one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness”), from testari (“to bear witness, make a will”). See testament.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?s?te?.t?/

Noun

testator (plural testators)

1. (law) One who dies having made a legally valid will.

Related terms

• intestate
• testament
• testatrix
• testify
• testimonial
• testimony

Translations

See also

• executor

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• attestor

Latin

Etymology

testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) +? -?tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tes?ta?.tor/, [t??s??t?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tes?ta.tor/, [t??s?t???t??r]

Noun

test?tor m (genitive test?t?ris, feminine test?tr?x); third declension

1. testator
2. witness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

test?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of testor
2. third-person singular future active imperative of testor

References

• testator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• testator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• testator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From Latin test?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??sta.t?r/

Noun

testator m pers (feminine testatorka)

1. testator, legator, devisor

   Synonym: spadkodawca

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French testateur, from Latin testator.

Noun

testator m (plural testatori)

1. testator

Declension

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)