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French, noun/tɛst/

test is spelled T-E-S-T (4 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written French, the 1,704th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Test is a French masculine noun meaning “test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coquille externe dure, calcaire ou chitineuse, de certains invertébrés”.

What does test mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetest, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement

  2. 2

    masculinetest, the external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea test, a tryout, a review

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Coquille externe dure, calcaire ou chitineuse, de certains invertébrés. 2. Crâne.

noun: 1. Essai, opération que l’on fait pour vérifier la véracité d’une hypothèse ou d’un fait. 2. Examen, concours ou épreuve, évaluation des capacités d’une personne. 3. Opération de vérification des propriétés réelles d’un produit.

verb: 1. Tester.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of test

  • tests plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce test?

  • /tɛst/
  • \tɛst\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to test

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is test in French?

test appears 49 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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