sedenter

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sedentair (“sedentary”), from French sédentaire (“sedentary”), from Latin sedentārius (“sitting”), sedeō (“to sit, to be seated”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /seˈdentɛr/ [seˈden̪.t̪ɛr]
  • Rhymes: -entɛr
  • Syllabification: se‧den‧ter

Adjective

sedenter (comparative lebih sedenter, superlative paling sedenter)

  1. sedentary
    1. not moving, not migratory
    2. (anthropology) living in a fixed geographical location
    3. (medicine) not moving much; sitting around.

Noun

sedenter (plural sedenter-sedenter)

  1. sedentary person

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