prefek
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch prefect, from Old French prefect (Mod. French préfet), from Latin praefectus (“one placed in charge, overseer, director, prefect”), praeficere (“to place in charge”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈprefɛk/ [ˈpre.fɛk̚]
- Rhymes: -efɛk
- Syllabification: pre‧fek
Noun
prefek (plural prefek-prefek)
Related terms
Further reading
- “prefek”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016