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Etymology
From Dutch essentie, 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 esens and esensial.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: èsèn‧si
Noun
esensi (plural esensi-esensi, first-person possessive esensiku, second-person possessive esensimu, third-person possessive esensinya)
- essence: the inherent nature of a thing or idea.
- Synonyms: hakikat, inti, pokok
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