devisa

French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: devisas, devisât

Verb

devisa

1. third-person singular past historic of deviser

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, compare to French devise (“assets in foreign currency”), German Devise, Catalan divisa, Italian divisa, Spanish divisa, ultimately from Latin dīvīsa, dīvīsus (“divided, separated; distributed, apportioned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.ˈvi.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: de‧vi‧sa

Noun

devisa (plural devisa-devisa, first-person possessive devisaku, second-person possessive devisamu, third-person possessive devisanya)

1. (economics) foreign currency

   Synonym: mata wang asing (Standard Malay)

2. (economics) foreign exchange

   Synonym: pertukaran asing (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• cadangan devisa
• devisa terblokir

 

Further reading

• “devisa” 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.

Portuguese

Verb

devisa

1. inflection of devisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

devisa

1. inflection of devisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative