macet

See also: mācēt and máčet

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦩꦕꦼꦠ꧀ (macet), ꦥꦕꦼꦠ꧀ (pacet, “impasse, deadlocked, blocked”), from Old Javanese cĕt (“in a moment, all at once, in a flash”). Compare to Proto-Mon-Khmer *tət (“blocked, to block”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡ʃət/ [ˈma.t͡ʃət̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃət
• Syllabification: ma‧cet

Adjective

macet

1. blocked; clogged
2. congested
3. stuck
4. (computing) hang

Noun

macet (plural macet-macet)

1. traffic congestion; traffic jam

Alternative forms

• macat

Derived terms

• kemacetan
• memacetkan
• pemacet
• termacet

 

Further reading

• “macet” 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.

Latin

Verb

macet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of maceō