to test, to try on · to try, to attempt · to try one's hand
çekim: geçmiş essayé · ortaç essayé · şimdiki essaye · ulaç essayant
eş: faire en sorte, tenter
köken: Inherited from Middle French essayer, essaier, from Old French essaiier, essayer, essaier, from essay, essai (“attempt; assay; experiment”) + -er (“infinitive-forming suffix”), from Late Latin exagium (“weight; weighing, testing on the balance”), from Latin exigere + -ium, from ex- + agere, from Proto-Italic *agō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.
Essayez cette chemise.
J'ai essayé d'apprendre le piano.
Des psychologues ont essayé d'analyser quels traits physiques étaient considérés comme attirants.
to test, to try (subject to a test) · to challenge, to strain · to try (something, as a test)
çekim: geçmiş prövade · ortaç prövad · ulaç prövande
köken: From Old Swedish prøva, from Middle Low German prôven, from Late Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bhwo- (“being in front, prominent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + Proto-Indo-European *bhu- (“to be”). Doublet of prova.
to try out, to test · to try to, to attempt to · to prove
çekim: geçmiş proví · ortaç provat · şimdiki prova
köken: Inherited from Old Catalan provar, from Latin probāre. First attested in the 12th century. Compare Occitan provar, French prouver, Spanish probar.