Testa
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See also: testa
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Testa (plural Testas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Testa is the 4084th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8694 individuals. Testa is most common among White (91.36%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Testa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From testa (“head”), hence a nickname for an exceptionally clever person or for a person with a remarkably large head.
Proper noun[edit]
Testa m or f by sense
- a surname
Further reading[edit]
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From testa (“brick, tile”).
Pronunciation[edit]
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtes.ta/, [ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtes.ta/, [ˈt̪ɛst̪ä]
Proper noun[edit]
Testa m sg (genitive Testae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Trebatius Testa, a Roman jurist
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Testa |
Genitive | Testae |
Dative | Testae |
Accusative | Testam |
Ablative | Testā |
Vocative | Testa |
References[edit]
- Testa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Italian
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Italian
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian surnames
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the first declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin cognomina