Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English essence, from French essence, 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 esensi and esensial.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛsɛns]
  • Hyphenation: èsèns

Noun

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esens (plural esens-esens, first-person possessive esensku, second-person possessive esensmu, third-person possessive esensnya)

  1. essence: an extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring.
    Synonyms: biang, bibit, ekstrak, pati, sari

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