pentas

See also: Pentas

English

Etymology

From the genus name Pentas.

Noun

pentas (plural pentas)

1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Pentas, especially the Egyptian starcluster, Pentas lanceolata.
   • 2003, Norman Winter, Tough-as-nails flowers for the South, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 38:

     The next step may be the most crucial to happiness with your pentas. If your soil is acidic and you grow azaleas, camellias, or blueberries with ease, then add lime to your pentas' planting area.

Anagrams

• patens, pesant, septan, Stepan

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pentas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pənˈtas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Hyphenation: pen‧tas

Noun

pentas (plural pentas-pentas)

1. floor to have a show
2. floor for kitchen and bedroom

Derived terms

• dipentaskan
• mementaskan
• pementas
• pementasan

 

Further reading

• “pentas” 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.

Malay

Noun

pentas (Jawi spelling ڤنتس, plural pentas-pentas, informal 1st possessive pentasku, 2nd possessive pentasmu, 3rd possessive pentasnya)

1. stage

Further reading

• “pentas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.