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Definitions and meaning of testa
testa
Etymology
Borrowed from Latintesta.
Noun
testa (pluraltestasortestaeortestæ)
(botany) A seed coat.
The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.
1969, C. W. Bennett, Seed Transmission of Plant Viruses, Alison Smith, Advances in Virus Research, Volume 14, page 224,
In tests with the Lincoln and Virginia varieties of cowpea, Crowley (1959) found that, in plants infected with bean southern mosaic virus before blossoming, the virus was present in nearly 100% of the testae and endosperms of seeds of both varieties, but could not be detected in the embryos.
2005, D. W. Dickson, D. De Waele, Nematode Parasites of Peanut, Michel Luc, Richard A. Sikora, John Bridge, Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Subtropical and Tropical Agriculture, page 419,
A.[Aphelenchoides] arachidis is a parasite of pods, testae, roots and hypocotyls, but not the cotyledons, embryos or other parts of the plant (Bos, 1977a; Bridge et al., 1977).
(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.
Inherited from Latintesta(“burned clay; baked earthenware”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈtes.tə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈtes.ta]
Noun
testaf (pluraltestes)
(Empordanese) head
Synonym:cap
end (of a post, plank, barrel, etc.)
(botany)testa(the outer layer of a seed coat)
Derived terms
testarrada
testarral
testarrut
testavirar
testera
testó
Related terms
test
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈtes.tə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈtes.ta]
Adjective
testa
feminine singular of test(“tense”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈtɛs.tə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈtes.ta]
Verb
testa
inflection of testar(“to test”):
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈtes.tə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈtes.ta]
Verb
testa
inflection of testar(“to witness”):
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
“testa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛs.ta/
Verb
testa
third-person singular past historic of tester
Anagrams
états, tâtes, tétas
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguesetesta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latintesta(“earthen pot”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtɛsta̝/
Noun
testaf (pluraltestas)
forehead
1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:
1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:
Synonym:fronte
(figurative) the whole head of a person
Synonyms:cabeza, cachola, croca
limit of a property
Synonyms:derrego, estremeiro, límite, lindeiro
fore
Synonym:fronte
lid
Synonym:tello
Derived terms
entestar
testalán
testán
testar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtesta̝/
Adjective
testaf sg
feminine singular of testo
Etymology 3
Verb
testa
inflection of testar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
References
“testa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“testa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“testa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“testa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“testa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.sta/
Rhymes: -ɛsta
Hyphenation: tè‧sta
Etymology 1
From Latintesta. The semantic development is earthen pot → skull → head.
Noun
testaf (pluralteste, diminutivetestìnaortestolìnaor(uncommon, usually of butchered animals)testicciòlaor(literary, uncommon, usually of butchered animals)testicciuòla, augmentativetestónaor(with specialized meanings)testónem, pejorativetestàccia, derogatorytestùccia)
(anatomy) head
(numismatics) obverse (of a coin)
(anatomy) head (of a bone)
(rail transport, singular only, uncountable) head (of a train), the first car(s)
Antonym:coda
La prima classe è in testa al treno ― The first class is at the head of the train
Synonyms
(part of the body):capo
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Alemannic German: Teste
→ Spanish: testa
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
testa
inflection of testare:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Setta, setta, state
Latin
Etymology
Unknown:
Perhaps as if tosta, from torreō(“to burn, parch”).
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European*tₔtḱ-t-, from *tetḱ-(“to create, produce”) (whence Latintexō(“to weave”)). Thus cognate with Middle Persiantšt'(tašt).
Borrowed from a substrate language, as words for vessels often are.
the shell of shellfish or of testaceous animals, shellfish
(Late Latin) skull
Synonyms:calva, calvāria, crānium
a sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
testū/ testum
testūdō
testula
Related terms
testuātium
testūdineātus
testūdineus
Descendants
References
“testa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“testa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
testa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
testa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“testa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
testa in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
“testa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Cravens, Thomas D. Cross-language evidence in etymology: The origin of 'testa' as 'head' in Romance. Neuphilologische Mitteilungen. 83: 53–60.
Rhymes: (Brazil)-ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro)-ɛʃtɐ
Hyphenation: tes‧ta
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguesetesta, from Latintesta.
Noun
testaf (pluraltestas)
forehead (part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline)
Derived terms
testinha
testudo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
testa
inflection of testar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchtester.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /teˈsta/
Verb
a testa (third-person singular presenttestează, past participletestat) 1st conj.
(transitive) to test; to try
Synonym:încerca
Conjugation
References
testa in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Romansch
Etymology
From Latintesta(“pot”).
Noun
testaf (pluraltestas)
(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) head
Usage notes
In Rumantsch Grischun, the literary standard language, testa is used in the figurative sense, and chau in the anatomical sense. Usage differs somewhat, however, between dialects.
Synonyms
(Rumantsch Grischun)chau
(Sursilvan)tgau
(Sutsilvan)tgieu
(Surmiran)tgea
(Puter)cho
(Vallader)cheu
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latintesta(“earthen pot”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t̪ʲɛs(ʃ)ta/
Hyphenation: te‧sta
Noun
testaf (pluraltesti)
(anatomy) head
intelligent person
intelligence
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtesta/[ˈt̪es.t̪a]
Rhymes: -esta
Syllabification: tes‧ta
Etymology 1
From Latintesta. Compare the inherited Old Spanish tiesta.
Noun
testaf (pluraltestas)
head
test (shell or endoskeleton of an echinoderm or certain plankton)
Derived terms
testa coronada
testa de ferro, testaferro
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
testa
inflection of testar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
“testa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014