pencairan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed cair (“liquid”) +‎ peng- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pənt͡ʃaˈiran/ [pən.t͡ʃaˈi.ran]
• Rhymes: -iran
• Syllabification: pen‧cai‧ran

Noun

pencairan (plural pencairan-pencairan, first-person possessive pencairanku, second-person possessive pencairanmu, third-person possessive pencairannya)

1. melting: the process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
2. (finance) liquidation: the act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
3. (finance) disbursement: paying out
4. (physics, chemistry) liquefaction: the process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).
5. (rare) dilution: the process of making something dilute.

   Synonyms: dilusi, pengenceran

Further reading

• “pencairan” 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.