esens
Indonesian
Etymology
From English essence, from French essence, from Latin essentia (“the being or essence of a thing”), from an artificial formation of esse (“to be”), to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía, “being”), from ὤν (ṓn), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “I am, exist”). Doublet of esensi and esensial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛsɛns]
- Hyphenation: èsèns
Noun
esens (plural esens-esens, first-person possessive esensku, second-person possessive esensmu, third-person possessive esensnya)
Further reading
- “esens” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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