abrasi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch abrasie, from French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ap̚ˈrasi]
• IPA^(key): [aˈbrasi]
• Hyphenation: ab‧ra‧si

Noun

abrasi (first-person possessive abrasiku, second-person possessive abrasimu, third-person possessive abrasinya)

1. abrasion:
   1. the act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
   2. (geology) the effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
   3. (medicine) a superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.

      Synonyms: lecet, lelas

Further reading

• “abrasi” 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.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

abrasi

1. first-person singular past historic of abradere

Etymology 2

Participle

abrasi m pl

1. masculine plural of abraso

Anagrams

• basirà, brasai

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) abrāsī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of abrādō