eklips

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch eclips (“eclipse”), from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “I abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.lips/
  • Hyphenation: èk‧lips

Noun

eklips

  1. (rare, astronomy) eclipse, passage of a planetary object between others
    Synonym: gerhana

Further reading

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