intestate

English

Etymology

From Latin intestātus, from in- (“not”) + testātus (“testate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛsteɪt/

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Adjective

intestate (not comparable)

1. Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

Antonyms

• testate

Related terms

• intestacy

Translations

without a valid will

• Bulgarian: без завещание (bez zaveštanie)
• Catalan: intestat (ca), abintestat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無遺囑／无遗嘱 (wú yízhǔ)

• Finnish: testamentiton
• French: intestat (fr)
• German: ohne Testament
• Irish: díthiomnach
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bêwesiyet, bêwesiyetname

• Manx: neuhymnagh
• Maori: wira kore
• Polish: beztestamentowy
• Spanish: intestado (es) m, abintestato (es)
• Ukrainian: без заповіту (bez zapovitu)
• Welsh: diewyllys, anghymyn

Noun

intestate (plural intestates)

1. (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.

   Antonym: testator

   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     the surplusages of intestates […] after the expiration of one full year from the death of the intestate is to be distributed : one - third to the widow of the intestate, and the residue in equal proportions to his children ; or if dead to their representatives : that is , their lineal descendants

Translations

a person who dies without making a valid will

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無遺囑者／无遗嘱者 (wú yízhǔ zhě)

• French: intestat (fr) m, intestate (fr) f
• Irish: díthiomnóir m
• Manx: neuhymnagh m
• Maori: mate wirakore

References

• “intestate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “intestate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• enstatite, satinette

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛs.tat/

Adjective

intestate

1. feminine singular of intestat

Noun

intestate f (plural intestates)

1. female equivalent of intestat

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

intestate

1. inflection of intestare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

intestate f pl

1. feminine plural of intestato

Anagrams

• astenetti, attenesti, enstatite, stentiate, testatine

Latin

Adjective

intestāte

1. vocative masculine singular of intestātus

Spanish

Verb

intestate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of intestar combined with te