divisi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian divisi.

Adverb

divisi (not comparable)

1. (music) divided (within one instrumental part, simultaneous notes between two or more players)

   Antonym: non divisi

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch divisie, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French division, from Latin divisio, divisionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diˈvisi]
• Hyphenation: di‧vi‧si

Noun

divisi (first-person possessive divisiku, second-person possessive divisimu, third-person possessive divisinya)

1. division,
   1. (military) a large military unit, usually with over 15,000 soldiers and divided into brigades.
   2. (business) a section of a company.
   3. (sports) a part of a sports competition.
   4. (biology) a rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.

Alternative forms

• divisyen (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• berdivisi
• sedivisi

 

Further reading

• “divisi” 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈvi.zi/
• Rhymes: -izi
• Hyphenation: di‧vì‧si

Etymology 1

Adjective

divisi m pl

1. masculine plural of diviso

Participle

divisi m pl

1. masculine plural of diviso

Etymology 2

Verb

divisi

1. first-person singular past historic of dividere

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈu̯iː.siː/, [d̪iːˈu̯iːs̠iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.si/, [d̪iˈviːs̬i]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dīvīsī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of dīvidō