permisi

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch permissie, Middle Dutch permissie, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissio.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pərˈmisi/ [pərˈmi.si]
  • Rhymes: -isi
  • Syllabification: per‧mi‧si

Noun

permisi (plural permisi-permisi)

  1. permission, authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
    Synonyms: izin, perkenan
  2. leave (permission to be absent; time away from one's work)
    Synonyms: cuti, perlop
  3. forgiveness, apology

Interjection

permisi

  1. said as a polite request for an individual's attention; to pass, to apologize for one's inconvenience, equivalent to pardon, or excuse me

Derived terms

  • memermisikan

Further reading

Italian

Verb

permisi

  1. first-person singular past historic of permettere

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

permīsī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of permittō