krusial

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch cruciaal (“crucial”), from French crucial, a medical term for ligaments of the knee (which cross each other), from Latin Latin crux, crucis (“cross”), from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kru.si.al/
• Hyphenation: kru‧si‧al

Adjective

krusial

1. crucial

Further reading

• “krusial” 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.