persis

See also: Persis

English

Etymology

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Noun

persis (uncountable)

1. A kind of colouring matter obtained from lichens.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “persis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• 'spires, Speirs, Spiers, pisser, prises, resips, spiers, spires

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch precies (“exact”) (alternative Brabantian spelling percies, persies), from Middle French precis, from Latin precisus, praecīsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pərˈsɪs]
• Rhymes: -sɪs, -ɪs, -s
• Hyphenation: pêr‧sis

Adjective

pêrsis

1. (colloquial) exact; exactly like; same

   Itu persis seperti yang ibu minta. ― That is exactly like what mom was asking.

2. (colloquial) true

   Synonym: benar

3. (colloquial) similar

   Synonym: serupa

Related terms

• presisi

 

Further reading

• “persis” 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.