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ares.

punishment

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈarɛs]
  1. punishment

    colloquial
  2. arrest, the process of arresting

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

From Malay arres, from Dutch arrest (“arrest”), from Middle Dutch arrest, from Old French arest or arester (“to stay, stop”), from Vulgar Latin *arrestare, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restare (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stare (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

noun[ˈarɛs]
  1. banana pseudostem

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.