absentia

English

Etymology

From Latin absentia (“being away, absence”), from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æbˈsɛn(t)ʃiə/, /æbˈsɛn(t)ʃə/; X-SAMPA: /{b"sEn(t)Si@/, /{b"sEn(t)S@/

Noun

absentia

1. absence

Usage notes

• This sense of the word absentia is normally found only in the borrowed Latin phrase in absentia (“while absent”); however, perhaps due to reanalysis of Latin in as English in, variants are occasionally found, such as “in his absentia” (meaning “while he was absent”). Such variants may be considered nonstandard.

See also

• absentia epileptica

Anagrams

• basanite
• Batesian

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Interlingua

Noun

absentia (plural absentias)

1. absence

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Latin

Etymology

From absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“from, away from”) + sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /apˈsen.ti.a/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /apˈsɛnt͡sja/

Noun

absentia (genitive absentiae); f, first declension

1. absence
2. vocative singular of absentia

absentiā

1. ablative singular of absentia

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	absentia	absentiae
genitive	absentiae	absentiārum
dative	absentiae	absentiīs
accusative	absentiam	absentiās
ablative	absentiā	absentiīs
vocative	absentia	absentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: absència
• English: absence
• French: absence
• Italian: senza, assenza

• Portuguese: ausência
• Romanian: absență
• Spanish: ausencia