misionaris

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch missionaris, from French missionnaire. The sense “missionary position” is a semantic loan from English missionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi.si.oˈna.rɪs]
• Hyphenation: mi‧si‧o‧na‧ris

Noun

misionaris (plural misionaris-misionaris)

1. missionary,
   1. (Christianity, Roman Catholicism) a person who travels attempting to spread a religion or a creed
   2. the missionary position for sexual intercourse

Synonyms

• (Protestant missionary): zendeling

Related terms

• emisi
• misi
• remisi

Further reading

• “misionaris”, 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