testimony

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• General-American: /ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɛstɪməni/
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• CMU ARPABET: T EH1 S T AH0 M OW2 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *tréyes Inherited from Middle English testimonie, from Old French testimonie, from Latin testimōnium (“testimony”).

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَهَادَة (šahāda) — statement in court
• Arabic: إِفَادَة (ʔifāda) — statement in court
• Arabic: شهادة (šihāda) — statement in court
• Armenian: ցուցմունք (cʻucʻmunkʻ) — statement in court
• Azerbaijani: şahid ifadəsi — statement in court
• Azerbaijani: ifadə — statement in court
• Belarusian: паказа́нне (pakazánnje) — statement in court
• Bulgarian: показа́ние (pokazánie) — statement in court
• Catalan: testimoniatge — statement in court
• Catalan: testimoni — statement in court
• Chinese Mandarin: 證言 /证言 (zhèngyán) — statement in court
• Chinese Mandarin: 證詞 /证词 (zhèngcí) — statement in court
• Czech: svědectví — statement in court
• Danish: vidnesbyrd — statement in court
• Dutch: getuigenis — statement in court
• Estonian: tunnistus — statement in court
• Finnish: todistajanlausunto — statement in court
• French: témoignage — statement in court
• Galician: testemuño — statement in court
• Georgian: ჩვენება (čveneba) — statement in court
• German: Zeugnis — statement in court
• German: Zeugenaussage — statement in court
• German: Aussage — statement in court
• German: Testimonium — statement in court
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 (weitwōdei) — statement in court
• Greek: κατάθεση (katáthesi) — statement in court
• Hebrew: עדות \ עֵדוּת (edút) — statement in court
• Hindi: गवाही (gavāhī) — statement in court
• Hungarian: tanúvallomás — statement in court
• Hungarian: vallomás — statement in court
• Indonesian: kesaksian — statement in court
• Indonesian: keterangan — statement in court
• Irish: fianaise — statement in court
• Italian: testimonianza — statement in court
• Japanese: 証言 (shōgen) — statement in court
• Kazakh: түсінік (tüsınık) — statement in court
• Korean: 증언 (jeung'eon) — statement in court
• Latin: testimōnium — statement in court
• Low German: Tüügnis — statement in court
• Malay: testimoni — statement in court
• Māori: taunaki — statement in court
• Norman: têmoignage — statement in court
• Norwegian Bokmål: forklaring — statement in court
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forklaring — statement in court
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forklåring — statement in court
• Old English: ġewitnes — statement in court
• Persian: شهادت (šahâdat) — statement in court
• Persian: گواهی (govâhi) — statement in court
• Polish: zeznanie — statement in court
• Portuguese: testemunho — statement in court
• Romanian: depoziție — statement in court
• Romanian: declarație — statement in court
• Romanian: depoziție scrisă — statement in court
• Russian: показа́ние (pokazánije) — statement in court
• Scottish Gaelic: fianais — statement in court
• Serbo-Croatian: svjedočánstvo — statement in court
• Slovak: výpoveď — statement in court
• Slovak: svedectvo — statement in court
• Spanish: testimonio — statement in court
• Swedish: vittnesmål — statement in court
• Tagalog: testimonyo — statement in court
• Thai: ปากคํา (bpàak-kam) — statement in court
• Turkish: ifade — statement in court
• Ottoman Turkish: شهادت (şehadet) — statement in court
• Ottoman Turkish: شاهدلك (şâhidlik) — statement in court
• Ottoman Turkish: طانقلق (tanıklık) — statement in court
• Ukrainian: показа́ння (pokazánnja) — statement in court
• Vietnamese: chứng cớ — statement in court
• Vietnamese: chứng cứ — statement in court
• Vietnamese: bằng chứng — statement in court
• Walloon: temognaedje — statement in court
• Armenian: վկայություն (vkayutʻyun) — account of first-hand experience
• Belarusian: све́дчанне (svjédčannje) — account of first-hand experience
• Bulgarian: свиде́телство (svidételstvo) — account of first-hand experience
• Czech: svědectví — account of first-hand experience
• Dutch: getuigenis — account of first-hand experience
• Finnish: todistajanlausunto — account of first-hand experience
• French: témoignage — account of first-hand experience
• German: Bezeugung — account of first-hand experience
• German: Zeugnisablegung — account of first-hand experience
• German: Zeugnisablegen — account of first-hand experience
• Greek: μαρτυρία (martyría) — account of first-hand experience
• Greek: δήλωση (dílosi) — account of first-hand experience
• Ancient Greek: μαρτυρία (marturía) — account of first-hand experience
• Hungarian: tanúskodás — account of first-hand experience
• Irish: fianaise — account of first-hand experience
• Latin: testimōnium — account of first-hand experience
• Old English: ġewitnes — account of first-hand experience
• Polish: zeznanie — account of first-hand experience
• Polish: świadectwo — account of first-hand experience
• Portuguese: testemunho — account of first-hand experience
• Romanian: mărturie — account of first-hand experience
• Russian: свиде́тельство (svidételʹstvo) — account of first-hand experience
• Scottish Gaelic: fianais — account of first-hand experience
• Serbo-Croatian: svjedočánstvo — account of first-hand experience
• Spanish: testimonio — account of first-hand experience
• Tagalog: testimonyo — account of first-hand experience
• Telugu: సాక్ష్యం (sākṣyaṁ) — account of first-hand experience
• Ottoman Turkish: شهادت (şehadet) — account of first-hand experience
• Ottoman Turkish: شاهدلك (şâhidlik) — account of first-hand experience
• Ottoman Turkish: طانقلق (tanıklık) — account of first-hand experience
• Ukrainian: сві́дчення (svídčennja) — account of first-hand experience
• Walloon: temognaedje — account of first-hand experience
• Chinese Mandarin: 證言 /证言 (zhèngyán) — personal account of conversion
• Finnish: todistus — personal account of conversion
• French: témoignage — personal account of conversion
• German: Zeugnis — personal account of conversion
• German: Glaubenszeugnis — personal account of conversion
• German: Lebenszeugnis — personal account of conversion
• Gujarati: સાક્ષી (sākṣī) — personal account of conversion
• Hungarian: tanúságtétel — personal account of conversion
• Japanese: 証 (akashi) — personal account of conversion
• Portuguese: testemunho — personal account of conversion
• Spanish: testimonio — personal account of conversion
• Bulgarian: свидетелство (svidetelstvo) — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Danish: bevis — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• French: témoignage — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• German: Zeugnis — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• German: Beweis — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Ancient Greek: μαρτύριον (martúrion) — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Hungarian: tanúság — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Hungarian: tanúbizonyság — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Hungarian: bizonyság — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Hungarian: jel — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Hungarian: tanújel — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Japanese: 証拠 — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Japanese: 物証 — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Japanese: 目撃 — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Japanese: 論証 — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Japanese: 証 — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Latin: testimōnium — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Norwegian Bokmål: bevis — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bevis — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Plautdietsch: Bewiess — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Portuguese: testemunho — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Spanish: testimonio — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Swahili: ushuhuda — witness; evidence; proof of some fact
• Swedish: bevis — witness; evidence; proof of some fact