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French
Pronunciation
Verb
devisa
- third-person singular past historic of deviser
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, compare to French devise (“assets in foreign currency”), German Devise, Catalan divisa, Italian divisa, Spanish divisa, ultimately from Latin dīvīsa, dīvīsus (“divided, separated; distributed, apportioned”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ˈvi.sa/
- Rhymes: -sa, -a
- Hyphenation: de‧vi‧sa
Noun
devisa (plural devisa-devisa)
- (economics) foreign currency
- Synonym: mata wang asing (Standard Malay)
- (economics) foreign exchange
- Synonym: pertukaran asing (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Verb
devisa
- inflection of devisar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
devisa
- inflection of devisar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative