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kompas.

compass (a magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north))

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɔm.pas/
  1. compass (a magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north))

  2. compass direction

Where this word comes from

From Dutch kompas, from Middle Dutch compas (“circle; pair of compasses; compass”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com- (“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”).

verb/ˈkɔm.pas/
  1. to ask for money by force

    ambitransitive · dialectal
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