testimonial

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛstɪˈməʊni.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɛstɪˈmoʊni.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, halagos (es) m pl, hablar de la benevolencia de (verb) 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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “testimonial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Danish

Noun

testimonial

1. testimonial

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛs.ti.mɔ.njal/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

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.