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)

  1. essence: an extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring
    Synonyms: biang, bibit, ekstrak, pati, sari

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