pecahan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed pecah + -an, from Malay pecahan. The sense of fraction is a semantic loan from Dutch breuk (fraction, literally fracture, break).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə.t͡ʃa.han/
  • Rhymes: -han, -an
  • Hyphenation: pê‧cah‧an

Noun

pêcahan (plural pecahan-pecahan, first-person possessive pecahanku, second-person possessive pecahanmu, third-person possessive pecahannya)

  1. fragment
    Synonym: serpihan
  2. (mathematics) fraction
  3. (finance) denomination: a unit in a series of money.
    Synonym: denominasi

Derived terms

  • pecahan berulang
  • pecahan lancung
  • pecahan murni
  • pecahan takmurni

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From pecah (broken) + -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə.t͡ʃa.han/
  • Rhymes: -han, -an

Noun

pecahan (Jawi spelling ڤچهن, plural pecahan-pecahan, informal 1st possessive pecahanku, 2nd possessive pecahanmu, 3rd possessive pecahannya)

  1. (mathematics) fraction

Derived terms

  • pecahan tak wajar
  • pecahan wajar

Further reading

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