kompartemen

Indonesian

Etymology

Displaced earlier kompartimen, from Dutch compartiment, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).

• Displacement was influenced by Malay kompartmen and English compartment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔmpartəˈmɛn]
• Hyphenation: kom‧par‧tê‧mèn
• Rhymes: -mɛn, -ɛn, -n

Noun

kompartêmèn (first-person possessive kompartemenku, second-person possessive kompartemenmu, third-person possessive kompartemennya)

1. compartment

Alternative forms

• kompartmen [kompatmen] (Standard Malay)
• kompartimen

Further reading

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