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Etymology
Borrowed from English practice.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: prak‧tis
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾaktis/
Noun
práktis
- practice, training, drill
- Synonym: ensayo
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English practise.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: prak‧tis
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾaktis/
Verb
praktis
- to practise; to repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity
- to show up for practice or rehearsal
Noun
praktis
- practice, rehearsal
- Synonym: ensayo
Quotations
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch praktisch, from German praktisch, from Late Latin practicus, influenced by French pratique.
Pronunciation
Adjective
praktis
- practical,
- based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
Affixed terms
Descendants
Further reading
Malay
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Indonesian praktis, from Dutch praktisch, from German praktisch, from Late Latin practicus, influenced by French pratique.
Adjective
praktis (Jawi spelling ڤرکتيس)
- practical
- Synonym: praktikal
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English practice, from English practise, from Middle English practizen, a variant of practisen, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, from Medieval Latin practizo, from Late Latin practico (“to do, perform, execute, propose, practise, exercise, be conversant with, contrive, conspire, etc.”), from prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”), from πρᾱ́σσειν (prā́ssein, “to do”).
Noun
praktis (Jawi spelling ڤرکتيس, plural praktis-praktis, informal 1st possessive praktisku, 2nd possessive praktismu, 3rd possessive praktisnya)
- (colloquial) practice:
- repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
- an organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
- the ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English practice, from Latin prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”). Doublet of praktika.
Pronunciation
Noun
praktis (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)
- practice (repetition of an activity to improve skill)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “praktis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018