testimonial

English

Etymology

From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis (“of or pertaining to testimony”), from Latin testimonium (“testimony”). See testimony.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛstɪˈməʊnɪ.əl/

• Rhymes: -əʊniəl

Noun

testimonial (plural testimonials)

1. A statement, especially one given under oath; testimony
2. A written recommendation of someone's worth or character
3. A tribute given in appreciation of someone's service etc.
4. (soccer) A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).

Related terms

• testify
• testimony

Translations

statement given under oath — see testimony

written recommendation

• Armenian: երաշխավորագիր (hy) (erašxavoragir)
• Azerbaijani: xasiyyətnamə
• Bulgarian: препоръ́ка (bg) f (preporǎ́ka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 證明 / 证明 (zh) (zhèngmíng)

• Finnish: suositus (fi)
• German: Anerkennungsschreiben n, Empfehlungsschreiben (de) n, Testimonial n
• Irish: teistiméireacht f
• Japanese: 推薦状 (すいせんじょう, suisenjō)
• Korean: 추천장(推薦狀) (chucheonjang)
• Maori: kupu tautoko
• Romanian: recomandare scrisă f, atestat (ro) n, dovadă (ro) f
• Russian: рекоменда́ция (ru) f (rekomendácija), характери́стика (ru) f (xarakterístika), о́тзыв (ru) m (ótzyv)
• Spanish: testimoniales (es) f pl
• Swedish: intyg (sv) n
• Turkish: bonservis (tr), şehâdetnâme

tribute of someone's service

• Bulgarian: свиде́телство (bg) n (svidételstvo)
• Finnish: työtodistus (fi), palvelustodistus
• German: Dienstzeugnis n, Leistungszeugnis n, Referenz (de) f, Testimonial n
• Romanian: atestat (ro), referință (ro), dovadă (ro)
• Russian: свиде́тельство (ru) n (svidételʹstvo)
• Spanish: referencias (es) f pl, testimoniales (es) f pl
• Turkish: başarı belgesi, onay belgesi, taktirnâme, tastiknâme

football: match played in tribute to a player

• Bulgarian: проща́лен мач m (proštálen mač)
• Finnish: juhlaottelu
• German: Abschiedsspiel n

Adjective

testimonial (not comparable)

1. Serving as testimony.

   a testimonial statement

Further reading

• “testimonial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “testimonial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Danish

Noun

testimonial

1. testimonial

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛs.ti.mɔ.njal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

testimonial (feminine testimoniale, masculine plural testimoniaux, feminine plural testimoniales)

1. testimonial

Derived terms

• testimonialement

Further reading

• “testimonial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English testimonial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.stiˈmɔ.njal/
• Rhymes: -ɔnjal
• Hyphenation: te‧sti‧mò‧nial

Noun

testimonial m (invariable)

1. testimonial

Noun

testimonial m or f by sense (invariable)

1. person giving a testimonial

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French testimonial, from Latin testimonialis.

Adjective

testimonial m or n (feminine singular testimonială, masculine plural testimoniali, feminine and neuter plural testimoniale)

1. testimonial

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	testimonial		testimonială		testimoniali	testimoniale
	definite	testimonialul		testimoniala		testimonialii	testimonialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	testimonial		testimoniale		testimoniali	testimoniale
	definite	testimonialului		testimonialei		testimonialilor	testimonialelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testimoˈnjal/ [t̪es.t̪i.moˈnjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tes‧ti‧mo‧nial

Adjective

testimonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural testimoniales)

1. testimonial
2. token; nominal

Derived terms

• testimonialmente

 

Further reading

• “testimonial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10