pensiun

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch pensioen, from Middle Dutch pensioen, from Old French pension (payment, rent), from Latin pensio (payment, rent), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (to weigh, to pay).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛnˈsiʊn]
  • Hyphenation: pèn‧si‧un

Noun

pènsiun (plural pensiun-pensiun, first-person possessive pensiunku, second-person possessive pensiunmu, third-person possessive pensiunnya)

  1. pension: an annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
  2. (generally in compound) retirement: The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.

Affixed terms

  • dipensiunkan
  • memensiun
  • memensiunkan
  • pemensiunan
  • pensiunan

Compounds

  • pensiun awal
  • pensiun dini
  • pensiun janda

Verb

pènsiun

  1. to retire

Further reading

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