stensil

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch stencil, from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛnsil/ [ˈst̪ɛn.sɪl]
• Rhymes: -ɛnsil
• Syllabification: sten‧sil

Noun

stensil (plural stensil-stensil)

1. stencil

Derived terms

• menstensil
• stensilan

Further reading

• “stensil”, 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