esensi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch essentie, 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 esens and esensial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛsɛnsi]
  • Hyphenation: èsèn‧si

Noun

esensi (plural esensi-esensi, first-person possessive esensiku, second-person possessive esensimu, third-person possessive esensinya)

  1. essence: the inherent nature of a thing or idea.
    Synonyms: hakikat, inti, pokok

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