esensial

Indonesian

Etymology

From English essential, Late Latin essentiālis, from Latin essentia (“the being or essence of a thing”), from an artificial formation of esse (“to be”), to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía, “being”), from ὤν (ṓn), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “I am, exist”). Doublet of esens and esensi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛsɛnˈsial]
• Hyphenation: èsèn‧si‧al

Adjective

esensial (comparative lebih esensial, superlative paling esensial)

1. essential

   Synonyms: hakiki, mendasar

Related terms

• esens
• esensi

Further reading

• “esensial”, 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