FromMiddle English testament Old French testament Latin testāmentum ( “ the publication of a will, a will, testament, in Late Latin one of the divisions of the Bible ” ) , fromtestor ( “ I am a witness, testify, attest, make a will ” ) , fromtestis ( “ one who attests, a witness ” ) .
testament (plural testaments
( law ) instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or herinheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specifiedheir (s).Synonyms: will last will and testament last will One of the two parts to thescriptures of theChristian religion : theNew Testament , considered by Christians to be a continuation of theHebrew scriptures , and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as theOld Testament . A tangibleproof ortribute .The ancient aqueducts are atestament to the great engineering skill of the Roman Empire.
His remarkable recovery is atestament to the doctor's skill.
1976 August 28, Steven Blevins, “Ads and Beauty Contests”, inGay Community News , volume 4, number 9, page 4:These ads are a sadtestament to the paper's attitude toward gay men, and a disheartening indication of the direction GCN may be going.
2015 August 12, Todd Leopold, “Return to the ‘City That Care Forgot’”, inCNN [1] the original on2 January 2022 :The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: atestament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all.
Acredo , expression ofconviction .The prime minister's speech was a glowingtestament to the cabinet's undying commitment to the royal cause.
document containing a person's will
Albanian:testament (sq) m Arabic:وَصِيَّة f ( waṣiyya ) Armenian:կտակ (hy) ( ktak ) Avar:васият ( wasijat ) Azerbaijani:vəsiyyət (az) ,vəsiyyətnamə Bashkir:васыят ( vasıyat ) Belarusian:запаве́т m ( zapavjét ) ,духо́ўніца f ( duxównica ) ,завяшча́нне n ( zavjaščánnje ) ,завяшча́ньне n ( zavjaščánʹnje ) ,нака́з m ( nakáz ) ,тэстама́нт m ( testamánt ) Bengali:অসিয়ত (bn) ( ośiẏot ) ,উইল (bn) ( uil ) Bulgarian:за́вещание (bg) n ( záveštanie ) Burmese:သေတမ်းစာ (my) ( setam:ca ) Catalan:testament (ca) m Chechen:весет ( veset ) Chinese:Cantonese:平安紙 / 平安纸 ( ping4 on1 zi2 ) ,遺囑 / 遗嘱 ( wai4 zuk1 ) Mandarin:遺囑 / 遗嘱 (zh) ( yízhǔ ) Czech:závěť (cs) f poslední vůle f Danish:testamente (da) n Dutch:testament (nl) n laatste wilsbeschikking f Esperanto:testamento (eo) Estonian:testament (et) Faroese:testamenti n arvaskjal n arvabræv n Finnish:testamentti (fi) ,viimeinen tahto French:testament (fr) m Galician:testamento (gl) m Georgian:ანდერძი ( anderʒi ) German:Testament (de) n Letzter Wille m Greek:διαθήκη (el) f ( diathíki ) Ancient Greek:διαθήκη f ( diathḗkē ) Hebrew:צַוָּאָה / צוואה f ( tsava'á ) Hindi:वसीयत (hi) f ( vasīyat ) Hungarian:végrendelet (hu) ,testamentum (hu) Hunsrik:Testement n Icelandic:erfðaskrá (is) f Indonesian:wasiat (id) Irish:tiomna (ga) m uacht (ga) f Italian:lascito (it) m testamento (it) m Japanese:遺書 (ja) ( いしょ, isho ) ,遺言 (ja) ( ゆいごん, yuigon, いごん, igon ) Kazakh:өсиет ( ösiet ) ,өсиетнама ( ösietnama ) ,өсиетхат ( ösietxat ) Khmer:មត្តកសាសន៍ ( mattaʼkaʼsaah ) Korean:유서(遺書) (ko) ( yuseo ) ,유언(遺言) (ko) ( yueon ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:wesyet (ku) Kyrgyz:осуят (ky) ( osuyat ) ,керээзкат ( kereezkat ) Lao:ພິໄນກັມ ( phi nai kam ) Latin:testāmentum n Latvian:testaments m Lithuanian:testamentas m Luhya:ewill ewili luwasia Luxembourgish:Testament n Macedonian:завешта́ние n ( zaveštánie ) ,за́вет m ( závet ) ,тестаме́нт m ( testamént ) Malay:wasiat Manx:çhymney m Māori:wira Melanau:Central Melanau:wil Mongolian:Cyrillic:гэрээслэл (mn) ( gereeslel ) Norwegian:Bokmål:testament n Old English:ierfeġewrit n Persian:Iranian Persian:وَصِیَّت ( vasiyyat ) ,وَصِیَّتنامِه ( vasiyyat-nâme ) Polish:testament (pl) m Portuguese:testamento (pt) m Romanian:testament (ro) n Russian:заве́т (ru) m ( zavét ) ,завеща́ние (ru) n ( zaveščánije ) ,нака́з (ru) m ( nakáz ) Scottish Gaelic:tiomnadh Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:о̏порука f теста̀мент m Latin:ȍporuka (sh) f testàment (sh) m Slovak:testament m závet m Slovene:oporoka (sl) f Spanish:testamento (es) m Swahili:wosia Swedish:testamente (sv) n Tagalog:hulimbilin tipan Tajik:васият ( vasiyat ) ,васиятнома ( vasiyatnoma ) Tamil:உயில் (ta) ( uyil ) Tatar:васыять (tt) ( wasıyät ) ,васыятьнамә ( wasıyätnamä ) Telugu:వీలునామా (te) ( vīlunāmā ) Thai:พินัยกรรม (th) ( pí-nai-gam ) Turkish:kalıtyazı (tr) ,vasiyet (tr) ,vasiyetname (tr) Turkmen:wesýet wesýetnama Ukrainian:запові́т m ( zapovít ) ,духівни́ця f ( duxivnýcja ) ,тестаме́нт (uk) m ( testamént ) Urdu:وَصِیَت (ur) f ( vasiyat ) Uyghur:ۋەسىيەت ( wesiyet ) Uzbek:vasiyat (uz) ,vasiyatnoma (uz) Vietnamese:di chúc (vi) (遺囑 chúc thư (vi) (囑書 ( uncommon ) Welsh:ewyllys (cy) f
tangible proof or tribute
“testament ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “testament ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC testament (third-person singular simple present testaments present participle testamenting simple past and past participle testamented
( intransitive ) ( transitive ) Borrowed fromLatin testāmentum
testament m plural testaments
testament will ( document ) “testament ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “testament ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2026 “testament” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“testament” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.Inherited fromMiddle Dutch testament derived fromOld French testament derived fromLatin testāmentum ( “ the publication of a will, a will, testament ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /tɛs.taːˈmɛnt/ Rhymes:-ɛnt Hyphenation:tes‧ta‧ment testament n plural testamenten diminutive testamentje n
( law ) testament ( document containing a person's will ) Synonym: laatste wilsbeschikking ( biblical ) testament ( part of the Bible ) “testament ” inWoordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling , Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] FromOld French testament Latin testāmentum
testament m plural testaments
( law ) testament legacy Borrowed fromLatin testamentum
IPA (key ) : /ˈtestɑˌment/ ,[ˈtesˑtɑˌmenˑtˑ] testament
will ( a legal document stating who is to receive a person's estate and assets after his/her death ) ( Christianity ) testament Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013 ), “testament ”, inLīvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary [2] FromLatin testāmentum Old Norse testament
testament n definite singular testamentet indefinite plural testament or testamenter definite plural testamenta or testamentene
( law ) will (and/or)testament FromLatin testāmentum Old Norse testament
testament n definite singular testamentet indefinite plural testament definite plural testamenta
( law ) will ,testament ( declaration of disposal of inheritance ) ( Christianity ) testament ( one of the two parts of the Bible ) FromLatin testāmentum
testament oblique singular , m oblique plural testamenz or testamentz nominative singular testamenz or testamentz nominative plural testament
testimony ;statement testament m
testament testament Learned borrowing fromLatin testāmentum
IPA (key ) : /tɛsˈta.mɛnt/ Rhymes:-amɛnt Syllabification:tes‧ta‧ment testament m inan diminutive testamencik related adjective testamentowy or testamentalny or testamentarny
testament will ( formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes ) legacy ( artistic creation or spiritual message left behind after someone's death for future generations ) testament inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANtestament in Polish dictionaries at PWNtestament in PWN's encyclopediaBorrowed fromLatin testamentum
IPA (key ) : /tes.taˈment/ Rhymes:-ent Hyphenation:tes‧ta‧ment testament n plural testamente
will FromLatin testāmentum
testàment m inan Cyrillic spelling теста̀мент
( law ) will ( legal document ) 
