retorsi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch retorsie, from French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /reˈtorsi/ [reˈt̪or.si]
• Rhymes: -orsi
• Syllabification: re‧tor‧si

Noun

rétorsi (plural retorsi-retorsi)

1. (trading) retorsion: an act of retaliation taken by one nation against another as a reprisal

Further reading

• “retorsi”, 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

Latin

Verb

retorsī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of retorqueō