Indonesian–English dictionary

air tanah

Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.

air terjun

(figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

ajaib

Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic. [from 17th c.]

ajaran

Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.

akademik

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century]

akademikus

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

akademis

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century]

akademisi

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

akal

To swindle, deceive, or trick.

akal sehat

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

akan

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall. [from 10th c.]

akanan

An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose

akar

(computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.

akar manis

(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.

akar rumput

(politics) People and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of political activity.

akasia

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

akhir

The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

akhir pekan

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

akhiran

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

akhirat

A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

akhirnya

In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.

aki

(electrical, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.

akibat

(conjunctive) Consequently; thus; therefore; hence.

aklamasi

A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.

aklimatisasi

The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

akne

A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

akolit

(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.

akor

(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

akordeon

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

akrab

Intimate or friendly.

akreditasi

The giving of credentials.

akresi

(legal) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).

akrobatik

Of or pertaining to an acrobat.

akrobatis

Of or pertaining to an acrobat.

akropolis

A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.

akrual

An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose

akselerasi

(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).

akseptasi

(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.

akseptor

One who accepts.

aksesori

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

aksiomatik

Self-evident or unquestionable. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

akta

A document evidencing ownership or debt.

aktin

(protein, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).

akting

(uncountable, drama) The occupation of an actor.

aktivasi

Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.

aktivisme

The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.

aktor

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

aktris

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

aktual

Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.

aktuaria

A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.

aktuaris

A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.

akualung

(underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.

akuamarin

The bluish-green colour of the sea.

akueduk

An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.

akuisens

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

akuisita

(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.

akumulasi

(intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.

akun

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

akuntabilitas

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

akunting

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

akupunktur

The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.

akurat

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

akustika

(physics) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.

al

The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...

Al-Masih

(Christianity) The anointed one, the savior predicted by the Old Testament.

alaf

(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

alam

(uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.

alamat IP

(Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.

alami

Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature. [from 14th c.]

alang

(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

alang-alang

(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

alap-alap

Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

alas cangkir

A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

alas kaki

Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.

alas meja

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

alasan

An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.

alat

A complex machine or instrument.

alat baca

Any device that reads something.

alat cukur

A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.

alat kemaluan

(by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal; body parts responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.

alat makan

(chiefly, UK) Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.

alat pelubang

A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

alat tenun

A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.

alat tulis

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

alat tulis kantor

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

alba

(Christianity, chiefly, _, Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

albakora

A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.

Albania

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503]

albas

A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.

albatros

Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.

Alberta

A province in western Canada. Capital: Edmonton. Largest city: Calgary.

alegori

(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.

alfabetis

According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

alfanumerik

Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.

algojo

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

algoritmik

(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.

algoritmis

(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.

aliansi

(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.

alias

Initialism of also known as.

aliase

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

alibi

(legal) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.

alienasi

The state of being alienated.

alih aksara

(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.

alih bahasa

(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.

alih kode

(linguistics) The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.

aling

Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.

alinyemen

(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.

alir

(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.

aliran

The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.

aliran sesat

(religion) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.

alis

The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

aliterasi

The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.

aljabar

(uncountable, mathematics) Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations.

Aljazair

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575]

Aljir

The capital and largest city of Algeria.

alkali

(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

alkana

(organic compound) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).

alkimia

(alchemy) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.

Alkitab

The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.

alkohol

(organic compound, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).

alkoholik

Of or pertaining to alcohol.

alkoholisme

A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.

Allah

(Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

alligator

Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.

almamater

A school, college, or university which a person has graduated from or attended.

almanak

(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.

almarhum

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

almarhumah

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

aloi

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

alokasi

The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

alokasi kursi

(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.

alpa

(intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 18th century.]

Alpen

A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

alpukat

The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.

Alsace

A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

altar

A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

alterasi

The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.

alu

A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

aluminium

A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

alun

A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.

alur

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.

alusi

An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.

aluvium

soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

amal

(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.

amalgam

(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.

amanat

An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.

amar putusan

(legal) A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.

amarah

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

amastia

The absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola.

amat

Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.