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)

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

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