Indonesian–English dictionary

karaben

A rifle with a short barrel.

karabin

A rifle with a short barrel.

karakter

(countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.

karakteristik

A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.

karamel

(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

karangan

(countable) A work of an author.

karantina

A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.

karantina wilayah

The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.

karaoke

(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.

karate

An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.

karavan

A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.

karbon

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.

karbonado

(mineral) A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.

karbonara

(by extension) A spaghetti dish made using such a sauce.

karbonat

Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

karburator

(US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. [from 1890s]

karcis

A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.

kardiogram

(cardiology) The visual output an electrocardiograph produces

kardiolog

A physician who specializes in medical problems related to the heart.

kardiologi

(medicine) The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.

kardiomiopati

(pathology) The deterioration of the myocardium.

kardiovaskular

Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels.

karekteristik

A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.

karena

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

karet

(uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.

kargo

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

kari

A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.

karier

One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously and/or over a long period of time.

karikatur

Having the characteristics of a caricature, grotesque.

Karina

(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

karkas

The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.

Karnataka

A state in southern India. Capital: Bangalore.

karnivor

An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

karper

Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

karpet

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

Kartago

(historical) An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia. [16th cent.]

Kartika

(astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

kartograf

One who makes maps or charts.

kartografer

One who makes maps or charts.

kartografi

(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. [from 19th c.]

karton

A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.

kartrid tinta

(computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.

kartu pos

(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.

kartunis

(comics) One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon.

karung

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

karunia

Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.

karusel

A continuously revolving device for item delivery.

karya

(countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.

karya seni

(uncountable) Artistic work.

karyawan

A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

karyawati

A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

kas

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

kasa

(medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.

kasar

Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.

kaset

A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.

kaset video

(dated) VHS.

kasih

(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

kasih karunia

(uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.

kasino

A public building or room for gambling.

kasip

Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.

kasta

Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.

kastanye

(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.

kastil

A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

kasuari

Any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.

kasula

(Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.

kasur

A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.

kata

(transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.

kata baku

(linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.

kata benda

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

kata dasar

(linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.

kata demi kata

Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.

kata depan

(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

kata ganti

(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.

kata keadaan

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

kata kerabat

(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

kata kerja

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

kata konjungsi

(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)

kata nama

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

kata pengantar

An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).

kata penghubung

(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)

kata sandang

(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).

kata sandi

(cryptography) Any word#Noun used as the key to a code.

kata seasal

(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

kata serapan

A word directly taken into one language from another one.

kata seru

(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.

kata sifat

(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.

kata-kata kotor

(countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

katak

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

katakomba

(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.

katakombe

(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.

katalan

The Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero.

katalis

(chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.

katalisator

(chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.

katapel

(chiefly, American, AU, Philippines) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

katastrofe

Any large and disastrous event of great significance.

katedral

The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra.

katekese

Religious instruction given orally to catechumens.

katekismus

A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.

katekumen

A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.

katering

(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.

kateter

(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.

Kathmandu

The capital city of Nepal.

kati

A (unit of) weight used in China which is metricated in Mainland China as exactly 0.5 kg, and approximately 0.6 kg for other places.

katib

A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.

katode

(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).

Katolik

Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.

Katolik Roma

Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.

Katolikisme

The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.

katolisisme

The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.

katrol

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

katun

(uncountable) Thread of such fiber.

katup

A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.

kau

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

Kaukasus

(geopolitics) A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

kaukus

A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

kaum modal

The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person.

kaum perintis

Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.

kaus kaki

(clothing) A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

kausa

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

kavaleri

(military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

kawah

A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

kawalan

(countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.

kawanan

A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.

kawasan

A particular geographic region.

kawasan kumuh

(countable, pejorative) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

kawasan papa

(countable, pejorative) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

kawat

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

kawat gigi

(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.

kaya

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

Kayafas

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.

kayak

A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck.

kayu

(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.

kayu bakar

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

kayu berangan

(uncountable) Wood of a chestnut tree.

kayu lapis

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.

kayuh

(transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.

Kazakhstan

A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.

ke

Indicating destination or final position: In the direction of, so as to arrive at or reach.

ke mana

In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).

ke sana

(location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

ke situ

(location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

keadaan

(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.

keadaan kahar

An overwhelming force. [from late 19th c.]

keadaan memaksa

(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.

keadaan mutakhir

The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time. [from early 20th c.]

keadilan

The state or characteristic of being just or fair.

keadilan sosial

Fairness in society.

keadvokatan

The profession of an advocate.

keagamaan

Belonging or pertaining to a religious order or religious congregation.

keajaiban

The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. [from 14th c.]