peniten

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch penitent, from French [Term?], from Latin paenitēns, poenitēns (“penitent”), present participle of paeniteō, poeniteō (“I cause to repent; I regret, repent”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /peˈnitən/ [peˈni.t̪ən]
  • Rhymes: -itən
  • Syllabification: pe‧ni‧ten

Noun

peniten (plural peniten-peniten)

  1. (Catholicism) penitent

Further reading

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