"Testa" meaning in All languages combined

See Testa on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Testas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Testa. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Testa}} Italian Testa Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Testa (plural Testas)
  1. A surname from Italian.
    Sense id: en-Testa-en-name-rsy3jwmJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 55 32 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 31 8 8

Proper name [Italian]

Etymology: From testa (“head”), hence a nickname for an exceptionally clever person or for a person with a remarkably large head. Head templates: {{it-proper noun|mfbysense}} Testa m or f by sense
  1. a surname Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [ˈtɛs.ta] [Classical-Latin], [ˈtɛs.ta] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Testae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Testa [nominative, singular], Testae [genitive, singular], Testae [dative, singular], Testam [accusative, singular], Testā [ablative, singular], Testa [singular, vocative]
Etymology: From testa (“brick, tile”). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Testa<1>|g=m}} Testa m sg (genitive Testae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Testa<1>}}
  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Tags: declension-1, masculine, singular
    Sense id: en-Testa-la-name-hgmEXE~e Categories (other): Latin cognomina, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin cognomina: 51 49 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the first declension: 49 51
  2. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    Gaius Trebatius Testa, a Roman jurist
    Tags: declension-1, masculine, singular
    Sense id: en-Testa-la-name-2GipXRNg Categories (other): Latin cognomina, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin cognomina: 51 49 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the first declension: 49 51

Inflected forms

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