test drive

See also: test-drive

English

Noun

test drive (plural test drives)

A sample driving session in a motor vehicle, in order to assess its quality before purchase.
(figuratively) Any preliminary assessment of something through use.
Synonym: test-ride

Translations

trial run in a vehicle

Danish: prøvetur c
Dutch: proefrit (nl) m, testrit (nl) m
Finnish: koeajo (fi)
Italian: giro di prova
Norwegian:
Bokmål: prøvetur m

Nynorsk: prøvetur m
Portuguese: test drive (pt) m, test-drive m
Swedish: provkörning (sv) c, provtur c, provåkning c

Verb

test drive (third-person singular simple present test drives, present participle test driving, simple past test drove, past participle test driven)

(transitive) To take a motor vehicle on the road to assess its quality before purchase.
(transitive, figuratively) To establish a preliminary assessment of something through its use.
Synonym: test-ride

Alternative forms

test-drive

Anagrams

divertest

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English test drive.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaj.vi/ [ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaj.vi/ [ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.te ˈdɾaj.ve/ [ˈtɛs.te ˈdɾaɪ̯.ve]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈdɾaj.vɨ/ [ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈðɾaj.vɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈdɾaj.bɨ/ [ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈðɾaj.βɨ]

Noun

test drive m (plural test drives)

test drive

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