selibat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch celibaat, from French célibat, from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), perfect passive participle of caelibare, from caelebs (“unmarried”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [seˈlibat̚]
Hyphenation: sé‧li‧bat
Rhymes: -bat, -at, -t

Noun

sélibat (first-person possessive selibatku, second-person possessive selibatmu, third-person possessive selibatnya)

(Catholicism) celibacy

Synonyms

pembujangan (Standard Malay)

Adjective

sélibat

celibate

Derived terms

selibat awam
selibat imam
selibat religius

Further reading

“selibat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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