testament

See also: Testament

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin testamentum ‎(“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): /ˈtɛst.ə.mənt/

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).
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

   The prime minister's speech was a glowing testament to the cabinet's undying commitment to the royal cause

Synonyms

• (law): will, last will and testament, last will

Derived terms

Derived terms

Final Testament holographic testament New Testament

Old Testament testamentary

Related terms

Related terms

intestate testate testator

testify testimonial testimony

Translations

document containing a person's will

• Armenian: կտակ (hy) ‎(ktak)
• Czech: závěť (cs) f, poslední vůle f
• Danish: testamente (da)
• Dutch: testament (nl) n
• French: testament (fr) m
• German: Testament (de) n
• Hungarian: végrendelet (hu), testamentum (hu)
• Irish: tiomna (ga) m
• Italian: testamento (it) m
• Manx: çhymney m

• Polish: testament (pl) m
• Portuguese: testamento (pt) m
• Romanian: testament (ro) n
• Russian: заве́т (ru) m ‎(zavét)
• Scottish Gaelic: tiomnadh
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍporuka (sh) f
• Slovene: oporoka (sl) f
• Swedish: testamente (sv) n
• Tagalog: hulimbilin, tipan
• Turkish: kalıtyazı (tr), vasiyet (tr)

part of the Bible

• Armenian: կտակարան (hy) ‎(ktakaran)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 約書​, 約书 ‎(joek³ syu¹)

  Mandarin: 約書​, 約书 (zh) ‎(yuēshū)

• Czech: zákon (cs) m, testament (cs) m
• Danish: testamente (da)
• Dutch: testament (nl) n (often capitalized)
• Esperanto: testamento (eo)
• French: testament (fr) m
• Georgian: აღთქმა ‎(aɣtkma)
• German: Testament (de) n
• Hungarian: testamentum (hu)
• Irish: tiomna (ga) m
• Italian: testamento (it) m

• Maori: kawenata
• Old English: ægesetnes f, cyþnes f
• Portuguese: testamento (pt) m
• Romanian: testament (ro) n
• Russian: заве́т (ru) m ‎(zavét)
• Scottish Gaelic: Tiomnadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: завет, завјет

  Roman: zavet, zavjet

• Slovene: zaveza f
• Spanish: testamento (es) m
• Swahili: agano (sw)
• Swedish: testament (sv) n
• Tagalog: tipan

tangible proof, expression of conviction

credo — see credo

External links

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

Anagrams

• statement

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Catalan

Noun

testament m ‎(plural testaments)

1. testament
2. will (document)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛstaˈmɛnt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: tes‧ta‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology

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

Noun

testament n ‎(plural testamenten, diminutive testamentje n)

1. testament, last will

Derived terms

• testamentair (adj)
• Nieuwe Testament n
• Oude Testament n

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

testament m ‎(plural testaments)

1. testament, last will

Derived terms

• testamentaire
• Ancien Testament m
• Nouveau Testament m

External links

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin testamentum, via Old Norse testament

Alternative forms

• testamente

Noun

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

1. a will (and/or) testament

Related terms

• testamentere

References

• “testament” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin testamentum, via Old Norse testament

Alternative forms

• testamente

Noun

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

1. a will (and/or) testament

References

• “testament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Noun

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

1. testimony; statement

Descendants

• English: testament
• French: testament

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈstamɛnt/

Noun

testament m inan

1. A (last) will (legal document)

Declension

declension of testament

	singular	plural
nominative	testament	testamenty
genitive	testamentu	testamentów
dative	testamentowi	testamentom
accusative	testament	testamenty
instrumental	testamentem	testamentami
locative	testamencie	testamentach
vocative	testamencie	testamenty

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

testàment m ‎(Cyrillic spelling теста̀мент)

1. the (last) will (legal document)

Declension

Declension of testament

	singular	plural
nominative	testament	testamenti
genitive	testamenta	testàmenātā
dative	testamentu	testamentima
accusative	testament	testamente
vocative	testamente	testamenti
locative	testamentu	testamentima
instrumental	testamentom	testamentima