absen

See also: abșén

Ambonese Malay

Adjective

absen

1. absent

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈabsen/ [ˈap̚.sɛn]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -absen
• Syllabification: ab‧sen

Adjective

absén (comparative lebih absen, superlative paling absen)

1. absent

   Synonym: mangkir

Verb

absén (active mengabsen, passive diabsen)

1. (intransitive) to be absent (in school, work and others)
2. (transitive) to roll call

Noun

absèn (plural absen-absen)

1. (colloquial) clipping of absensi (“absence; attendance register; roll call; attendance”)
   • 2012 January, Yuni Rafita, “Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kecurangan Akademik (Titip Absen) pada Mahasiswa S1 Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Islam Indonesia”, in Khazanah: Jurnal Mahasiswa, volume 5, number 2, pages 26–37:

     Titip absen adalah menyuruh seseorang untuk menandatangani absensi biasanya dengan tujuan agar dapat dihitung hadir walaupun sebenarnya tidak hadir.

     Attendance entrustment is to ask someone to sign the attendance usually with the aim that it can be counted as being present even though they are not present.

Derived terms

• keabsenan
• pengabsenan
• terabsen

Related terms

• absensi
• absente

See also

• kehadiran
• presensi

Further reading

• “absen”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English absent (compare Dutch-derived Indonesian absen).

Pronunciation

• (English-based) IPA^(key): /ˈebsən/ [ˈʔɛp̚.sən]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈabsən/ [ˈʔap̚.sən]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: ab‧sen

Adjective

absen (Jawi spelling ابسن, comparative lebih absen, superlative paling absen)

1. (informal) absent (not attend school, work, etc.)

   Antonym: hadir

Related terms

• mengabsen

Further reading

• "absen" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔabsen/ [ˈʔab.sɛn̪]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -absen
• Syllabification: ab‧sen

Adjective

absen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. alternative form of absent

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh absenn, absent, a learned borrowing from Latin absentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabsɛn/

Noun

absen m or f (plural absennau)

1. absence

   Synonym: absenoldeb

2. slander

   Synonyms: athrod, drygair

Derived terms

• absennol (“absent”)
• absennu (“to slander; to be absent”)
• absenoldeb (“absence”)
• drwgabsen (“slander, calumny”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of absen

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
absen	unchanged	unchanged	habsen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “absence”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “absen”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “absen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies