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witness

noun · verb · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɪt.nɪs/ without weak vowel merger
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈwɪt.nəs/ General American, Australian, weak vowel merger
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪtnəs
  • rhymes with -ɪtnɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: W IH1 T N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone called to give evidence in a court.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: law

Examples

  • The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, textual-criticism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A Jehovah's Witness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To furnish proof of, to show.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To take as evidence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To see or gain knowledge of through experience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He witnessed the accident.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to witness a bond or a deed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: testimony

Narrower terms: shahadah

15

noun

Meaning 15

a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the spectators applauded the performance
  • television viewers
  • sky watchers discovered a new star

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spectator, viewer, watcher, looker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder

Narrower terms: browser, bystander, cheerer, eyewitness, gawker, moviegoer, motion-picture fan, ogler, onlooker, looker-on, playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, spy, starer, voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper

16

noun

Meaning 16

someone who sees an event and reports what happened

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: witnesser, informant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder, speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

Narrower terms: attester, attestant, testifier, deponent, deposer

17

noun

Meaning 17

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attestant, attestor, attestator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: signer, signatory

18

noun

Meaning 18

(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: adverse witness, hostile witness, character witness, expert witness, lay witness, material witness

19

verb

Meaning 19

be a witness to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: watch

Narrower terms: eyewitness

20

verb

Meaning 20

perceive or be contemporaneous with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We found Republicans winning the offices
  • You'll see a lot of cheating in this school
  • The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions
  • I want to see results

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: find, see

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: experience, see, go through

Narrower terms: catch

History

Etymology

From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”).

Across languages

Translations

377 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aghwan: 𐔰𐕄𐔰𐔾 (aḳal) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Aghwan: 𐕢𐕒𐕡𐔾𐔰𐔺𐔲𐔰𐕎 (pulaygan) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Arabic: شَهَادَة (šahāda) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Armenian: վկայություն (vkayutʻyun) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Bactrian: οιγαλφο (oigalfo) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Belarusian: пасве́дчанне (pasvjédčannje) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Belarusian: пасьве́дчаньне (pasʹvjédčanʹnje) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Bulgarian: свиде́телство (svidételstvo) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Catalan: testimoni — attestation of a fact or event
  • Catalan: testimoniatge — attestation of a fact or event
  • Catalan: atestat (accident de cotxe) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證人 /证人 (zhèngrén) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Czech: svědectví — attestation of a fact or event
  • Dutch: getuigenis — attestation of a fact or event
  • Ewe: ɖaseɖiɖi — attestation of a fact or event
  • Finnish: todistus — attestation of a fact or event
  • French: témoignage — attestation of a fact or event
  • Georgian: მტკიცებულება (mṭḳicebuleba) — attestation of a fact or event
  • German: Zeugnis — attestation of a fact or event
  • Hindi: गवाही (gavāhī) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Hindi: साक्ष्य (sākṣya) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Hungarian: tanúság — attestation of a fact or event
  • Hungarian: tanúságtétel — attestation of a fact or event
  • Indonesian: saksi — attestation of a fact or event
  • Irish: fianaise — attestation of a fact or event
  • Italian: testimonianza — attestation of a fact or event
  • Japanese: 証人 (shōnin) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Japanese: 証 (akashi) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Korean: 증인 (jeung'in) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Latin: testimōnium — attestation of a fact or event
  • Norman: têmoignage — attestation of a fact or event
  • Old English: ġewitnes — attestation of a fact or event
  • Persian: گواهی (gavāhī) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Polish: świadectwo — attestation of a fact or event
  • Portuguese: testemunho — attestation of a fact or event
  • Russian: свиде́тельство (svidételʹstvo) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Scottish Gaelic: fianais — attestation of a fact or event
  • Serbo-Croatian: сведоча́нство — attestation of a fact or event
  • Serbo-Croatian: свједоча́нство — attestation of a fact or event
  • Serbo-Croatian: svedočánstvo — attestation of a fact or event
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjedočánstvo — attestation of a fact or event
  • Slovak: svedectvo — attestation of a fact or event
  • Spanish: testimonio — attestation of a fact or event
  • Swahili: shahidi — attestation of a fact or event
  • Swedish: vittnesmål — attestation of a fact or event
  • Thai: พยาน (pá-yaan) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Turkish: tanıklık — attestation of a fact or event
  • Ottoman Turkish: شهادت (şehadet) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاهدلك (şâhidlik) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Ottoman Turkish: طانقلق (tanıklık) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Ukrainian: сві́дчення (svídčennja) — attestation of a fact or event
  • Vietnamese: nhân chứng — attestation of a fact or event
  • Zazaki: şehade — attestation of a fact or event
  • Afrikaans: getuie — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Arabic: شَاهِد (šāhid) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Arabic: شَاهِدَة (šāhida) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Arabic: شَهِيد (šahīd) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Arabic: شَهِيدَة (šahīda) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Arabic: شاهد (šāhid) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Armenian: վկա (vka) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Armenian: ականատես (akanates) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Azerbaijani: şahid — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Azerbaijani: tanıq — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Bashkir: шаһит (şahit) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Belarusian: све́дка (svjédka) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Bengali: সাক্ষী (śakkhi) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Bulgarian: свиде́тел (svidétel) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Bulgarian: свиде́телка (svidételka) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Bulgarian: очеви́дец (očevídec) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Bulgarian: све́док (svédok) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Catalan: testimoni — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Cebuano: saksi — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏔᎯ (agatahi) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證人 /证人 (zhèngrén) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 見證人 /见证人 (jiànzhèngrén) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 目擊者 /目击者 (mùjīzhě) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Czech: svědek — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Czech: svědkyně — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Danish: vidne — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Dutch: getuige — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Esperanto: atestanto — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Ewe: ɖasedila — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Finnish: todistaja — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • French: témoin — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • West-Frisian: tsjûge — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Friulian: testimone — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Georgian: მოწმე (moc̣me) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Georgian: თვითმხილველი (tvitmxilveli) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • German: Zeuge — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • German: Zeugin — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Greek: μάρτυρας (mártyras) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Ancient Greek: μάρτυς (mártus) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Hebrew: עֵד (ed) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Hindi: गवाह (gavāh) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Hindi: साक्षी (sākṣī) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Hungarian: szemtanú — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Hungarian: fültanú — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Icelandic: vottur — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Ingrian: näkkiäsmees — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Irish: fianaise — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Irish: finné — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Italian: testimone — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Japanese: 目撃者 (mokugekisha) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Kabuverdianu: tistimunha — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Khmer: សាក្សី (saksəy) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Khmer: កសិណសាក្សី (kaʼsənsaksəy) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Korean: 목격자 (mokgyeokja) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Northern Kurdish: şahid — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Northern Kurdish: guwah — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Lao: ພະຍານ (pha nyān) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Lao: ສັກຂີ (sak khī) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Latin: testis — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Macedonian: сведок (svedok) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Māori: kaititiro — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Marathi: साक्षीदार (sākṣīdār) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Mongolian: гэрч (gerč) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Norman: têmoin — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vitne — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vitne — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Old East Slavic: съвѣдѣтель (sŭvědětelĭ) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Old English: ġewita — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Old Norse: váttr — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Pashto: شاهد (šāhéd) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Pashto: ګواه (gawãh) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Persian: شاهد (šâhed) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Persian: گواه (govâh) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Plautdietsch: Zeij — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Polish: świadek — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Portuguese: testemunha — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Romanian: martor — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Romanian: martoră — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Russian: свиде́тель (svidételʹ) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Russian: свиде́тельница (svidételʹnica) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Russian: очеви́дец (očevídec) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Sardinian: distimonzu — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Sardinian: testimóngiu — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Sardinian: tistimognu — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Scottish Gaelic: neach-fianais — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: свѐдок — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: свјѐдок — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: сведо̀киња — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: свједо̀киња — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: svèdok — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjèdok — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: svedòkinja — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjedòkinja — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Slovak: svedok — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Slovak: svedkyňa — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Slovene: priča — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Spanish: testigo — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Swahili: shahidi — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Swedish: vittne — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Tajik: шоҳид (šohid) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Tajik: гувоҳ (guvoh) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Tatar: шаһит (şahit) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Telugu: సాక్షి (sākṣi) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Thai: สักขี (sàk-kǐi) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Thai: พยาน (pá-yaan) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Thai: ผู้เห็นเหตุการณ์ (pûu-hěn-hèet-gaan) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Tocharian B: reme — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Turkish: şahit — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Turkish: tanık — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاهد (şâhid) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Ottoman Turkish: طانق (tanık) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Turkmen: şaýat — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Ukrainian: сві́док (svídok) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Ukrainian: очеви́дець (očevýdecʹ) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Urdu: گواہ (gavāh) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Urdu: شاہد (śāhid) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Uyghur: گۇۋاھچى (guwahchi) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Uzbek: guvoh — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Uzbek: shohid — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Venetan: testimònio — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Vietnamese: nhân chứng — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Welsh: tyst — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Yiddish: עד (eyd) — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Zazaki: şahid — one who has a personal knowledge of something
  • Afrikaans: getuie — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Albanian: dëshmitar — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Arabic: شَاهِد (šāhid) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Arabic: شَاهِدَة (šāhida) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Arabic: شاهد (šāhid) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Armenian: վկա (vka) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Azerbaijani: şahid — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Azerbaijani: tanıq — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Bashkir: шаһит (şahit) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Belarusian: све́дка (svjédka) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Belarusian: відаво́чца (vidavóčca) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Belarusian: во́чнік (vóčnik) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Belarusian: во́чніца (vóčnica) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Bengali: সাক্ষী (śakkhi) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Bulgarian: свиде́тел (svidétel) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Bulgarian: свиде́телка (svidételka) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Bulgarian: очеви́дец (očevídec) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Bulgarian: све́док (svédok) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Burmese: သက်သေ (sakse) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Catalan: testimoni — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Cebuano: saksi — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證人 /证人 (zhèngrén) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Czech: svědek — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Czech: svědkyně — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Danish: vidne — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Dutch: getuige — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Estonian: tunnistaja — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Finnish: todistaja — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • French: témoin — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Galician: testemuña — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Georgian: მოწმე (moc̣me) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Georgian: თვითმხილველი (tvitmxilveli) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • German: Zeuge — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • German: Zeugin — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Greek: μάρτυρας (mártyras) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Ancient Greek: μάρτυς (mártus) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Hebrew: עֵד (ed) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Hindi: गवाह (gavāh) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Hindi: साक्षी (sākṣī) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Hindi: प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Hungarian: tanú — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Ingrian: näkkiäsmees — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Irish: fianaise — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Irish: finné — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Italian: testimone — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Japanese: 証人 (shōnin) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Japanese: 目撃者 (mokugekisha) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Javanese: seksi — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Kazakh: куәгер (kuäger) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Kazakh: айғақ (aiğaq) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Kazakh: куә (kuä) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Khmer: សាក្សី (saksəy) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Khmer: កសិណសាក្សី (kaʼsənsaksəy) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Korean: 증인 (jeung'in) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Korean: 목격자 (mokgyeokja) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Northern Kurdish: şahid — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Northern Kurdish: guwah — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Kyrgyz: күбө (kübö) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Lao: ພະຍານ (pha nyān) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Lao: ສັກຂີ (sak khī) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Latvian: liecinieks — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Lithuanian: liudytojas — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Macedonian: сведок (svedok) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Malay: saksi — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Malayalam: സാക്ഷി (sākṣi) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Māori: kaiwhakaatu — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Māori: kaitaunaki — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Mongolian: гэрч (gerč) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Norman: têmoin — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vitne — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vitne — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Old English: ġewita — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Pashto: شاهد (šāhéd) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Pashto: ګواه (gawãh) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Persian: شاهد (šâhed) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Persian: گواه (govâh) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Polish: świadek — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Portuguese: testemunha — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Romanian: martor — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Romanian: martoră — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Russian: свиде́тель (svidételʹ) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Russian: свиде́тельница (svidételʹnica) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Russian: понято́й (ponjatój) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Russian: понята́я (ponjatája) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Russian: очеви́дец (očevídec) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Scottish Gaelic: neach-fianais — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Serbo-Croatian: свѐдок — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Serbo-Croatian: свјѐдок — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Serbo-Croatian: сведо̀киња — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Serbo-Croatian: свједо̀киња — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Serbo-Croatian: svèdok — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjèdok — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Serbo-Croatian: svedòkinja — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjedòkinja — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Slovak: svedok — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Slovak: svedkyňa — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Slovene: priča — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Slovene: očividec — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Slovene: očividka — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Spanish: testigo — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Swahili: shahidi — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Swedish: vittne — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Tajik: шоҳид (šohid) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Tajik: гувоҳ (guvoh) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Tatar: шаһит (şahit) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Thai: พยาน (pá-yaan) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Thai: สักขี (sàk-kǐi) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Turkish: şahit — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Turkish: tanık — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاهد (şâhid) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Ottoman Turkish: طانق (tanık) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Turkmen: şaýat — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Ukrainian: сві́док (svídok) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Ukrainian: сві́дчий (svídčyj) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Ukrainian: сві́дча (svídča) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Ukrainian: очеви́дець (očevýdecʹ) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Urdu: گواہ (gavāh) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Urdu: شاہد (śāhid) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Uyghur: گۇۋاھچى (guwahchi) — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Uzbek: shohid — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Uzbek: guvoh — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Vietnamese: nhân chứng — someone called to give evidence in a court
  • Arabic: شَاهِد (šāhid) — something that serves as evidence
  • Arabic: شَوَاهِد (šawāhid) — something that serves as evidence
  • Bulgarian: доказателство (dokazatelstvo) — something that serves as evidence
  • Catalan: prova — something that serves as evidence
  • Catalan: evidència — something that serves as evidence
  • Finnish: todiste — something that serves as evidence
  • French: preuve — something that serves as evidence
  • Hindi: साक्ष्य (sākṣya) — something that serves as evidence
  • Italian: prova — something that serves as evidence
  • Portuguese: prova — something that serves as evidence
  • Scottish Gaelic: fianais — something that serves as evidence
  • Slovene: dokaz — something that serves as evidence
  • Spanish: prueba — something that serves as evidence
  • Spanish: testigo — something that serves as evidence
  • Ukrainian: доказ (dokaz) — something that serves as evidence
  • Armenian: վկայել (vkayel) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Armenian: հաստատել (hastatel) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Bulgarian: свидетелствам (svidetelstvam) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Catalan: testificar — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Esperanto: atesti — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Finnish: todistaa — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • French: témoigner — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Georgian: მოწმობა (moc̣moba) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Georgian: დადასტურება (dadasṭureba) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Georgian: დამოწმება (damoc̣meba) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • German: bezeugen — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Hungarian: tanúsít — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Hungarian: tanúskodik — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Italian: testimoniare — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Korean: 입증하다 (ipjeunghada) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Portuguese: testemunhar — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Russian: свиде́тельствовать (svidételʹstvovatʹ) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Russian: подтвержда́ть (podtverždátʹ) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Russian: подтверди́ть (podtverdítʹ) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjedòčiti — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Slovene: pričati — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Spanish: testificar — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Swedish: vittna om — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Ukrainian: сві́дчити (svídčyty) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Ukrainian: засві́дчувати (zasvídčuvaty) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Ukrainian: засві́дчити (zasvídčyty) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Ukrainian: підтве́рджувати (pidtvérdžuvaty) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Ukrainian: підтве́рдити (pidtvérdyty) — (transitive) to furnish proof of
  • Catalan: provar — (transitive) to take as evidence
  • Finnish: todistaa — (transitive) to take as evidence
  • Finnish: osoittaa — (transitive) to take as evidence
  • Italian: constatare — (transitive) to take as evidence
  • Portuguese: testemunhar — (transitive) to take as evidence
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjedòčiti — (transitive) to take as evidence
  • Spanish: probar — (transitive) to take as evidence
  • Spanish: atestiguar — (transitive) to take as evidence
  • Swedish: bevittna — (transitive) to take as evidence
  • Arabic: شَهِدَ (šahida) — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Arabic: شهد (šahad) — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Catalan: veure — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Catalan: contemplar — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Finnish: todistaa — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • German: Zeuge sein — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Hungarian: tanúja — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Hungarian: szemtanúja — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Italian: essere testimone — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Italian: assistere — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Japanese: 目撃する (mokugeki suru) — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Korean: 목격하다 (mokgyeokhada) — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Latin: experior — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Māori: mataara — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Portuguese: presenciar — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Portuguese: testemunhar — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Russian: быть свиде́телем (bytʹ svidételem) — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjedòčiti — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Spanish: presenciar — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Spanish: ser testigo de — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Spanish: ver — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Swedish: bevittna — (transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience
  • Catalan: testificar — (intransitive) to preach presenting personal testimony
  • Finnish: todistaa — (intransitive) to preach presenting personal testimony
  • Hungarian: tanúságot tesz — (intransitive) to preach presenting personal testimony
  • Spanish: testificar — (intransitive) to preach presenting personal testimony
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