selibasi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English celibacy, from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /seliˈbasi/ [se.liˈba.si]
  • Rhymes: -asi
  • Syllabification: se‧li‧ba‧si

Noun

sélibasi (plural selibasi-selibasi)

  1. (Catholicism) celibacy
    Synonym: selibat

Synonyms

  • pembujangan (Standard Malay)

Further reading

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