apologi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch apologie (“apology”), from French apologie (“apology”), from Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech made in defense of something”). Doublet of apologia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoˈloɡi/
• Rhymes: -ɡi, -i
• Hyphenation: apo‧lo‧gi

Noun

apologi (plural apologi-apologi)

1. apology (formal justification, defence)

   Synonym: pembelaan

Alternative forms

• apologia (Catholicism)

Synonyms

• hujah bela (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• berapologi

Related terms

• apologet
• apologetika
• apologetis
• apologia

Further reading

• “apologi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Noun

apologī

1. inflection of apologus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From apo- +‎ -logi. From Ancient Greek.

Noun

apologi m (definite singular apologien, indefinite plural apologiar, definite plural apologiane)

1. apology (justification, defence); apologia

References

• “apologi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From German and French apologie, from Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología). First attested in 1716.

Noun

apologi c

1. apology (formal justification, defence)

Declension

Declension of apologi

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	apologi	apologis
	definite	apologin	apologins
plural	indefinite	apologier	apologiers
	definite	apologierna	apologiernas

Related terms

• apologet
• apologetik
• apologetisk

References

• “apologi”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• apologi in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1904)