katekumen

Borrowed from Dutch catechumeen or Ecclesiastical Latin catēchūmenus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

• IPA^(key): [ka.təˈku.mən]
• Hyphenation: ka‧tê‧ku‧mên

katêkumên (first-person possessive katekumenku, second-person possessive katekumenmu, third-person possessive katekumennya)

1. (Catholicism) catechumen.

• “katekumen” 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.