testament
French, noun/tɛs.ta.mɑ̃/
testament is spelled T-E-S-T-A-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Testament is a French masculine noun meaning “testament, last will” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acte authentique par lequel on déclare ses dernières volontés”.
What does testament mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetestament, last will
- 2
masculinelegacy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acte authentique par lequel on déclare ses dernières volontés. 2. Conseils qu'on lègue à sa descendance.
noun: 1. L’un des deux livres appelés « Ancien Testament » et « Nouveau Testament », qui correspondent respectivement à la Torah à laquelle sont ajoutés les livres deutérocanoniques et aux évangiles auxquels sont ajoutés les Actes des apôtres et l’apocalypse, et qui, réunis, forment la Bible des chrétiens.
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 testament
- testaments plural
- Testaments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce testament?
- /tɛs.ta.mɑ̃/
- \tɛs.ta.mɑ̃\
- [tɛs.ta.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to testament
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is testament in French?
testament appears 12 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).