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/tɛst/
Translation
test
Word origin
From Old French test ('earthen pot'), from Latin testum ('earthenware vessel'). The 'trial' sense developed from the assayer's cup used to test metals, a meaning that passed into English and was later reborrowed into French.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- testum
- English cognates
- test, testaceous
Grammar
Examples
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We have a French test tomorrow.
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The doctor asked me to do several health tests.
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This new product is still in the testing phase.
J' -.
I sat a French test yesterday afternoon.
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The engine test went very well this morning.
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Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(20)French Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
Comparing French Adverbs: plus vite, le mieux, and the Irregulars
avoir or être: Choosing the French Auxiliary in the Passé Composé
French Adjectives and Nouns with à or de
French Concession Clauses: However It Turns Out
Conjugating French -ir Verbs in the Present Tense
Faire causatif: Having Things Done in French
quand + Future: The Tense English Refuses
French quel and lequel: Which and Which One
The French Present Participle and Gerund (le participe présent et le gérondif)
laisser, voir and entendre + Infinitive in French
French Possessive Pronouns: le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur
French Relative Pronouns After a Preposition: lequel, auquel, duquel
French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
Reported Questions and Commands in French
French si Clauses: The Three Types of Conditional Sentence
The French Subjunctive After Superlatives and Exclusives
The French Subjunctive in Relative Clauses
Subjunctive or Indicative: How to Choose in French
French Verbs with à, de or Nothing Before an Infinitive
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