praktis

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Etymology

Borrowed from English practice.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: prak‧tis
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaktis/ [ˈpɾak.tis]

Noun

práktis

1. practice, training, drill

   Synonym: ensayo

Derived terms

• ipraktis
• magpraktis

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English practise.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: prak‧tis
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaktis/ [ˈpɾ̪ak.t̪ɪs̪]

Verb

praktis

1. to practise; to repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity
2. to show up for practice or rehearsal

Noun

praktis

1. practice, rehearsal

   Synonym: ensayo

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:praktis.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch praktisch, from German praktisch, from Late Latin practicus, influenced by French pratique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpraktɪs]
• Rhymes: -tɪs, -ɪs, -s
• Hyphenation: prak‧tis

Adjective

praktis

1. practical,
   1. based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
   2. being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.

Alternative forms

• praktikal (Standard Malay)

Affixed terms

• kepraktisan
• sepraktis-praktisnya

Related terms

• praksis
• praktik
• praktikan
• praktikum
• praktisi

Descendants

• → Malay: praktis
• → Sundanese: ᮕ᮪ᮛᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮞ᮪ (praktis)

Further reading

• “praktis” 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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Indonesian praktis, from Dutch praktisch, from German praktisch, from Late Latin practicus, influenced by French pratique.

Adjective

praktis (Jawi spelling ڤرکتيس)

1. practical

   Synonym: praktikal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English practice, from English practise, from Middle English practizen, a variant of practisen, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, from Medieval Latin practizo, from Late Latin practico (“to do, perform, execute, propose, practise, exercise, be conversant with, contrive, conspire, etc.”), from prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”), from πρᾱ́σσειν (prā́ssein, “to do”).

Noun

praktis (Jawi spelling ڤرکتيس, plural praktis-praktis, informal 1st possessive praktisku, 2nd possessive praktismu, 3rd possessive praktisnya)

1. (colloquial) practice:
   1. repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
   2. an organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
   3. the ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English practice, from Latin prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”). Doublet of praktika.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaktis/ [ˈpɾak.t̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -aktis
• Syllabification: prak‧tis

Noun

praktis (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. practice (repetition of an activity to improve skill)

Derived terms

• magpraktis
• praktisado
• praktisin

Related terms

• praksis
• praktikal
• praktikalidad
• praktisyoner

Further reading

• “praktis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018