argumen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch argument, from French argument, from Latin argūmentum, from arguō (“prove, argue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arˈɡumɛn]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gu‧mèn

Noun

argumèn (first-person possessive argumenku, second-person possessive argumenmu, third-person possessive argumennya)

1. argument:
   1. reason: a fact or statement used to support a proposition.
   2. (linguistics) any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.

Derived terms

• berargumen
• seargumen

 

Related terms

• argumentasi
• argumentatif

 

Further reading

• “argumen” 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.