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

Related terms

• esens
• esensial

 

Further reading

• “esensi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.