divisi
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English divisi
Adverb
divisi (not comparable)
- (music) divided (within one instrumental part, simultaneous notes between two or more players)
- Antonym: non divisi
Catalan
Verb
divisi
- inflection of divisar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch divisie, from Old French division, from Latin divisio, divisionem. Cognate to Afrikaans divisie.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /diˈvisi/ [diˈfi.si]
- Rhymes: -isi
- Syllabification: di‧vi‧si
Noun
divisi (plural divisi-divisi)
- division,
- (military) a large military unit, usually with over 15,000 soldiers and divided into brigades
- (business) a section of a company
- (sports) a part of a sports competition
- (biology) a rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank
Derived terms
Affixations
- berdivisi
- sedivisi
Descendants
- → Malay: divisi
Further reading
- “divisi”, 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
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈvi.zi/
- Rhymes: -izi
- Hyphenation: di‧vì‧si
Etymology 1
Adjective
divisi
- masculine plural of diviso
Participle
divisi
- masculine plural of diviso
Etymology 2
Verb
divisi
- first-person singular past historic of dividere
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diːˈwiː.siː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [diˈviː.s̬i]
Verb
dīvīsī
- first-person singular perfect active indicative of dīvidō
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian divisi (“division”), from Dutch divisie, from Old French division, from Latin divisio, divisionem. Doublet of divisyen.
Noun
divisi (plural divisi-divisi or divisi2)
- (biology) division: a rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
Further reading
- "divisi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017