fesyen

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay fesyen, from English fashion.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈfeʃən/ [ˈfe.ʃən]
• Rhymes: -eʃən
• Syllabification: fe‧syen

Noun

fésyên (plural fesyen-fesyen)

1. (colloquial) fashion

   Synonyms: busana, mode

Further reading

• “fesyen”, 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

Malay

Alternative forms

• fesen, feshen

Etymology

Borrowed from English fashion, from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun, from Latin factiō (“a making”), from faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈfeʃən/ [ˈfe.ʃən]
• Rhymes: -eʃən, -ən
• Hyphenation: fe‧syen

Noun

fesyen (Jawi spelling فيشن, plural fesyen-fesyen or fesyen²)

1. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) fashion

Descendants

• → Indonesian: fesyen

Further reading

• "fesyen" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017