depresi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch depressie, from French dépression, from Latin dēpressiō, from dēprimō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈpresi/
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: de‧pre‧si

Noun

depresi

1. depression:
   1. (economics) a period of major economic contraction
   2. (psychology, psychiatry) a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future
   3. (geography) an area that is lower in topography than its surroundings
   4. (meteorology) an area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes

Hyponyms

• depresi agitatif
• depresi balik
• Depresi Besar
• depresi bola basah
• depresi ekstrem
• depresi klinis
• depresi manik
• depresi maternal
• depresi mayor
• depresi oklusi
• depresi orografis
• depresi pascapersalinan
• depresi pusat
• depresi tropis
• depresi utama

Related terms

• depresan
• depresiasi
• depresif
• depresor

Descendants

• → Tetum: depresi

Further reading

• “depresi”, 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

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian depresi (“depression”). Doublet of depresaun.

Noun

depresi

1. (psychology, psychiatry) depression

   Synonym: depresaun

Further reading

• Catharina Williams-van Klinken (2023), GLOSARIU termu saude ho mediku (Tetun/Ingles) [Tetun/English glossary of health and medical terms] (in Tetum), Dili: Dili Institute of Technology