Testing in different languages

Testing in Different Languages

Discover 'Testing' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Testing


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Afrikaans
toetsing
Albanian
duke testuar
Amharic
መሞከር
Arabic
اختبارات
Armenian
փորձարկում
Assamese
পৰীক্ষা কৰা
Aymara
yant’awinaka
Azerbaijani
test
Bambara
sɛgɛsɛgɛli kɛli
Basque
probak
Belarusian
тэставанне
Bengali
পরীক্ষামূলক
Bhojpuri
परीक्षण कइल जा रहल बा
Bosnian
testiranje
Bulgarian
тестване
Catalan
proves
Cebuano
pagsulay
Chinese (Simplified)
测试
Chinese (Traditional)
測試
Corsican
prova
Croatian
testiranje
Czech
testování
Danish
test
Dhivehi
ޓެސްޓް ކުރުން
Dogri
परीक्षण करना
Dutch
testen
English
testing
Esperanto
testado
Estonian
testimine
Ewe
dodokpɔ wɔwɔ
Filipino (Tagalog)
pagsubok
Finnish
testaus
French
essai
Frisian
testen
Galician
probando
Georgian
ტესტირება
German
testen
Greek
δοκιμές
Guarani
prueba rehegua
Gujarati
પરીક્ષણ
Haitian Creole
tès
Hausa
gwaji
Hawaiian
hoʻāʻo
Hebrew
בדיקה
Hindi
परिक्षण
Hmong
xeem
Hungarian
tesztelés
Icelandic
próf
Igbo
ule
Ilocano
panagsubok
Indonesian
pengujian
Irish
tástáil
Italian
test
Japanese
テスト
Javanese
tes
Kannada
ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ
Kazakh
тестілеу
Khmer
ការធ្វើតេស្ត
Kinyarwanda
ikizamini
Konkani
चांचणी करप
Korean
테스트
Krio
we dɛn de tɛst
Kurdish
ceribandin
Kurdish (Sorani)
تاقیکردنەوە
Kyrgyz
тестирлөө
Lao
ການທົດສອບ
Latin
temptationis
Latvian
testēšana
Lingala
komekama
Lithuanian
testavimas
Luganda
okugezesa
Luxembourgish
testen
Macedonian
тестирање
Maithili
परीक्षण करब
Malagasy
fizahan-toetra
Malay
ujian
Malayalam
പരിശോധന
Maltese
ittestjar
Maori
whakamātautau
Marathi
चाचणी
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯇꯦꯁ꯭ꯠ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫
Mizo
testing tih a ni
Mongolian
туршилт
Myanmar (Burmese)
စမ်းသပ်ခြင်း
Nepali
परीक्षण गर्दै
Norwegian
testing
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kuyezetsa
Odia (Oriya)
ପରୀକ୍ଷା
Oromo
qorannoo
Pashto
ازمونه
Persian
آزمایش کردن
Polish
testowanie
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
testando
Punjabi
ਟੈਸਟਿੰਗ
Quechua
prueba ruway
Romanian
testarea
Russian
тестирование
Samoan
suʻega
Sanskrit
परीक्षणम्
Scots Gaelic
deuchainn
Sepedi
go dira diteko
Serbian
тестирање
Sesotho
ho etsa liteko
Shona
kuyedza
Sindhi
جاچ
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
පරීක්ෂා කිරීම
Slovak
testovanie
Slovenian
testiranje
Somali
tijaabinaya
Spanish
pruebas
Sundanese
tés
Swahili
kupima
Swedish
testning
Tagalog (Filipino)
pagsubok
Tajik
озмоиш
Tamil
சோதனை
Tatar
тест
Telugu
పరీక్ష
Thai
การทดสอบ
Tigrinya
ምፍታን እዩ።
Tsonga
ku kamberiwa
Turkish
test yapmak
Turkmen
synag
Twi (Akan)
sɔhwɛ a wɔreyɛ
Ukrainian
тестування
Urdu
جانچ
Uyghur
سىناق
Uzbek
sinov
Vietnamese
thử nghiệm
Welsh
profi
Xhosa
ukuvavanya
Yiddish
טעסטינג
Yoruba
idanwo
Zulu
ukuhlolwa

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
Afrikaans"Toetsing" also means "examination" in Afrikaans.
AlbanianThe Albanian word "duke testuar" literally means "in testing" or "while testing" and is often used in software development to describe the process of checking and evaluating the functionality of a software product.
Amharic"መሞከር" (testing) derives from the root word "ሞክር" (try) and can also mean "trying" or "attempting".
Arabicاختبارات is derived from the verb اختبر meaning to “examine, inspect, or test”.
AzerbaijaniIn Azerbaijani, "testing" is referred to as "imtahan" which also means "exam" and derives from Arabic word "imtihan" (Arabic: امتحان)
BasqueThe Basque word "probak" also means "proofs".
BelarusianThe word "тэставанне" can also refer to a type of assessment in education, similar to a test or exam.
Bengali"পরীক্ষামূলক" শব্দের আক্ষরিক অর্থ হল "পরীক্ষা করার জন্য", তবে এর বিকল্প অর্থগুলো হল তত্ত্বমূলক, অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন বা প্রাথমিক স্তরে কিছু পরীক্ষা করা।
BosnianThe Bosnian word 'testiranje' is derived from the Italian word 'test', meaning 'trial' or 'experiment'.
BulgarianThe Slavic word "тестване" (testing) is also used to refer to the process of kneading dough.
CatalanThe Catalan word "proves" comes from the Latin word "probare", meaning "to prove or test".
CebuanoThe Cebuano word "pagsulay" is derived from the root "sulay" meaning "to try" and is related to the Malay "sula" meaning "to pierce or skewer".
Chinese (Simplified)"测试" is formed from the word "测" (measure) and "试" (attempt), meaning "to take a measure."
Chinese (Traditional)測試' in Chinese can also mean 'to verify' or 'to examine', and its origin is from the Chinese character '試', which means 'to try' or 'to experiment'.
CorsicanIn Corsican, the word “prova” has an alternate meaning of “demonstration” or “show”.
Croatian"Testiranje" is derived from the Latin word "testari," meaning "to witness" or "to bear witness.
CzechIn Czech, "testování" not only means "testing", but also "embarrassing someone by making them admit their errors or shortcomings".
DanishThe Danish word "prøve" can also mean "exam" or "trial", and is related to the English word "prove".
DutchThe Dutch word "testen" can also mean "to taste" or "to examine".
EsperantoThe term "testado" in Esperanto has alternative meanings, including "the action of making a testament" and "the act of being a witness."
EstonianThe word "testimine" is derived from the Latin word "testis" meaning "witness" and the term "testimony" is derived from the Latin word "testimonium" meaning "evidence".
FinnishThe word "testaus" in Finnish derives from the Latin "testum" (a fragment or broken piece) via Swedish, and also shares etymology with German "Test" and English "test".
FrenchThe word “essai” is a homonym with the word meaning “attempt”
FrisianThe Frisian word "testen" can also refer to the process of examining or inspecting something carefully.
GalicianThe word 'probando' in Galician is related to the word 'probar' in Spanish, both meaning 'to taste', and to 'probar' in Portuguese, meaning 'to test'.
GermanThe German word "testen" derives from the English word "test" and has the additional meaning of "examining" in a medical context.
GreekΔοκιμές in Greek can also mean a "proof" or "experiment".
Gujarati"પરીક્ષણ" can come from the words "परीक्षा" (investigation) and "क्षा" (to cut) which mean "to investigate by cutting," hence "testing"
Haitian CreoleIn Haitian Creole, the word 'tès' can also mean 'trial' or 'examination'.
HausaThe word may also refer to an object or situation that constitutes a "test" or "trial".
HawaiianThe Hawaiian word "hoʻāʻo" is derived from the Proto-Polynesian root *fakafo, meaning "to try, to test"
Hebrewבְּדִיקָה (b'dikah) means 'testing' or 'examination' in Hebrew, and derives from the root בָּדַק (badak), which can mean 'to test' or 'to examine'.
Hindi'परीक्षा' शब्द 'परि' उपसर्ग तथा 'क्ष' धातु से बना है जिसका मतलब है अच्छी तरह देखना, विचारना, जांचना।
HmongThe word "xeem" in Hmong can also mean "examination" or "measurement".
Hungarian"Teszt" is a Hungarian word borrowed from the German "Test", itself coming from the French "tête", meaning "head".
IcelandicThe word "próf" can also refer to a sample or a model.
IgboUle is a noun that means "trial." It can also be used as a verb, meaning "to test."
IndonesianThe Indonesian word "pengujian" can be traced back to the Malay word "menguji" and the Old Javanese word "uji".
IrishThe Irish word "tástáil" is derived from the Proto-Celtic *tāstu- "trial, test," related to English "taste" and Latin "tentāre" "to try"
Italian"Test" (testing) in Italian derives from the Latin "testis" (witness), implying the act of examining and providing evidence.
Japanese"テスト (tesuto)", derived from English, also refers to an examination or quiz.
JavaneseIn Javanese, "tes" also refers to the process of learning and practicing something, rather than just assessing it.
KannadaThe word "ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ" in Kannada can also mean "an examination" or "a trial."
KazakhThe Kazakh word "тестілеу" is derived from the Russian word "тестировать" (testīrovatʹ), which means "to test" or "to examine."
KoreanThe Korean word "테스트" is derived from the English word "test", but it can also refer to an essay that is written as a means of self-reflection.
KurdishThe word "ceribandin" also means "experience" or "trial" in Kurdish.
KyrgyzThe word "тестирлөө" can also mean "examination" or "assessment" in Kyrgyz.
LatinThe Latin word "temptationis" also refers to a "trial" or "ordeal."
LatvianThe Latvian word "testēšana" also means "examination".
LithuanianThe word "testavimas" derives from the Latin word "testes", meaning "witness" or "evidence."
LuxembourgishThe Luxembourgish word "Testen" is derived from the Latin word "testis" meaning "witness". The French word "témoin" and the English word "test" have the same root.
MacedonianThe word "тестирање" also means "verification" in Macedonian.
MalagasyThe word "fizahan-toetra" in Malagasy derives from the root word "toetra" meaning "quality" or "characteristic".
MalayThe word "ujian" comes from the Arabic word "ijtihan", which means "to exercise great care and effort".
MalayalamThe word 'പരിശോധന' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'परीक्षण', meaning 'examination' or 'inspection'.
MalteseThe word 'ittestjar' in Maltese is derived from the Arabic word 'tajrib' which means 'testing, trying or experience'.
MaoriThe word "whakamātautau" in Maori also refers to the process of evaluating or assessing something to determine its accuracy or validity.
MarathiThe word "चाचणी" (testing) in Marathi also means "experiment" and "trial".
MongolianТуршилт is a Mongolian word derived from the verb "турших", meaning "to try" or "to attempt."
Norwegian"Testing" comes from the Old Norse "teista", meaning to try, or seek to determine something. In modern Norwegian, "testing" has the specific connotation of an arranged situation where a subject is expected to perform something or provide an answer to a question, typically for the purpose of assessment."
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "kuyezetsa" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the root word "kuyeza," which means "to try" or "to attempt."
PashtoThe word "ازمونه" can also refer to a "test" or "examination" in a more general sense.
Persianآزمایش کردن in addition to "testing" can mean "experimentation", "trial and error", "putting something to the test", and "examination".
PolishThe word 'testowanie' comes from the Latin word 'testis', meaning 'witness'.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The word "testando" in Portuguese can also mean "leaving a will" or "undergoing a test."
RomanianThe word "testarea" in Romanian also means "the act of knitting".
RussianIn Russian, "тестирование" ("testing") can also refer to "medical examination" or "examination of evidence in court"
SamoanThe term "suʻega" can also mean "to ask" or "to inquire".
Scots GaelicScots Gaelic "deuchainn" has the same root as the Early Irish word "doiccim", meaning "to prove," and its spelling is thought to have been influenced by the French "examen"
SerbianThe word "тестирање" in Serbian can also be used to refer to "examination" or "inspection".
Sesotho"Ho etsa liteko" has alternate meanings like "trying", "checking" or "experimenting".
ShonaThe Shona word 'kuyedza' can also mean 'to test' or 'to put to the test'.
SindhiThe Sindhi word "جاچ" can also refer to a test or examination, a dispute or argument, or a trial.
SlovakThe word "testovanie" is derived from the Latin word "testum", meaning "earthenware vessel" or "crucible", which was used to test the purity of metals.
SlovenianThe word "testiranje" in Slovenian has a secondary meaning of "examination" or "evaluation" in a medical or educational context.
SomaliTijaabinaya in Somali can also mean "experience", "examination" or "experiment".}
SpanishIn Spanish, "pruebas" not only refers to testing, but also to evidence or proofs.
SundaneseThe word “tés” (testing) in Sundanese can also refer to the action of tasting something or checking its quality or condition.
SwahiliThe word "kupima" in Swahili, meaning "testing," also carries meanings of "weighing" and "inspecting."
SwedishIn Swedish, "testning" can also refer to "examination" or "inspection".
TajikThe word "озмоиш" is derived from the Persian word "آزمایش" which means "test" or "experiment".
TamilThe Tamil word 'சோதனை' can refer to testing, but also to temptation, ordeal, adversity, examination, experiment, investigation, research, analysis, inspection, and exploration.
TeluguThe word "పరీక్ష" also means "to touch the boundaries" in Telugu.
ThaiThe Thai word "การทดสอบ" can also mean "an experiment"}
TurkishIn Turkish, "test yapmak" not only means testing, but also means "getting tested" or "undergoing a test".
UkrainianThe word "тестування" in Ukrainian also means "examination" or "check-up".
UrduThe word "جانچ" means "testing" in Urdu, but it also has several alternate meanings, including "trial", "experiment", and "proof".
UzbekIn Uzbek, sin means a test from God
Vietnamese"Thử nghiệm" can also mean "experiment" or "trial" in Vietnamese.
WelshProfi can also mean "proof" or "trial" in Welsh.
XhosaThe Xhosa word "ukuvavanya" can also mean "to examine" or "to investigate".
YiddishIn Yiddish, טעסטינג can also refer to the taste or flavor of something.
YorubaSome Yoruba speakers also use "idanwo" to describe an "examination", particularly in a medical context.
Zulu"Ukuhlolwa" is also the name of a traditional Zulu game of hide-and-seek
EnglishThe word "test" can also refer to a mold or pattern used for checking dimensions or shapes, or the metal device used to measure the depth of water in a vessel.

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