Indonesian–English dictionary

ketiga

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

ketika

For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.

ketimbir

(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

ketimpangan

An unfair, not equal, state.

ketimun

(vegetable) The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

ketitiran

(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

ketok

(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

ketokan

An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

ketombe

scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis

kettlebell

A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.

ketua

A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.

ketujuh

The ordinal form of the number seven.

ketuk

(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

ketukan

An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

ketumbar

(UK, Irish) The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.

keturunan

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

keuangan

The science of management of money and other assets.

keuletan

The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.

keuntungan

(dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.

keuskupan

A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.

keuskupan agung

(ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop.

keutamaan

(philosophy) excellence, goodness; virtue.

kewajiban

(accounting) The right side of a balance sheet.

kewalahan

Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.

kewarasan

The condition of being sane.

kewarganegaraan

The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

kewartawanan

The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation.

kewaskitaan

(parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.

kewenangan

(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

kewirausahaan

The quality of being an entrepreneur.

keyakinan

(uncountable) Religious faith.

kezuhudan

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

khalayak

(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.

khalifah

The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.

khalwat

A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.

khamir

A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.

khandha

(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

khanjar

(weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

Kharon

(Greek mythology) The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.

Khartoum

The capital city of Sudan.

khas

Noticeably different from others; distinctive.

khasiat

A degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.

khatan

(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other mammals.

khatulistiwa

(geography, often, _, “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.

khawatir

Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

khayal

Existing only in the imagination.

khayalan

Existing only in the imagination.

khazanah

(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

khilafah

Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.

Khimaira

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

khitan

The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

khizanatulkitab

An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.

Khmer

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

khotbah

(Islam) A talk or sermon delivered in mosques before the Friday prayer, or at other special occasions.

khurafat

A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behavior in some magical or mystical way.

khusus

(archaic) Accustomed; usual.

khususnya

In a typical or common manner.

ki

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

kiamat

(Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]

kiasan

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

kiat

An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.

kibbutz

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

kiblat

(figuratively, sometimes, _, offensive) Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.

kibor

(music) An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.

kibulan

(sports, mostly, rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.

kickboxing

(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.

kielbasa

A spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind from Eastern Europe.

kijang

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

kikir

(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.

kikis

(ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

kikuk

Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.

kilang

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]

kilas balik

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

kilat

A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.

kilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

kilogram

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

kilometer

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

kimci

A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.

kimia

Of or relating to chemistry.

kimiawan

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

kimiawi

Of or relating to chemistry.

kimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

kincir

The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

kinerja

That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.

kinetika

(chemistry) The branch of chemistry that is concerned with the rates of chemical reactions.

kini

At the present time.

kinoa

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

kipas

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

kipas angin

An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.

kippah

(Judaism) A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer). [from 1903]

kira

To estimate how something will be in the future.

kira-kira

Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

kiri

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

kirim

(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

kisah

An account of real or fictional events.

kisaran

(statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.

kisruh

(of a situation) Potentially violent.

kista

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

kita

The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)

kitab

A sacred writing or holy book.

Kitab Bilangan

The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

Kitab Hakim-hakim

(book of the bible) The seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.

Kitab Imamat

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

Kitab Kejadian

(religion, book of the bible) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

Kitab Keluaran

(book of the bible) The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.

kitab suci

The analogous holy book of another religion or belief.

Kitab Ulangan

The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.

kitab undang-undang

A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.

klab

(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

klakson

(countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.

klamidia

(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.

klan

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.

klandestin

Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

klarinet

(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

klasifikasi

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.

klavikula

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

klentit

(slang, often, derogatory) A penis likened to a clitoris, especially in terms of smallness.

klep

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

kleptokrasi

A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed.

klerek

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

klerus

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

klien

(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.

klinik

A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

klinisi

(chiefly, US) Someone who conducts a clinic; an expert or skilled practitioner in a particular field, such as business or education. In this sense, a clinician is someone who provides practical advice or hands-on assistance to others in a specific area of expertise. For example, a business clinician might be an experienced consultant who helps companies improve their operations, while an education clinician might be a skilled teacher who provides professional development and support to other educators.

klip khilaf

(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident or mistake.

kliper

(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.

kliring

(banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.

klise

(rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]

klisma

To administer an enema.

klitoris

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

klorida

(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid.

klorin

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

kloset

(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.

kloter

A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.

klub

(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

KM

(nautical) Initialism of motor vessel.

knockout

The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.

knop

A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

ko-

Together: the root word is done co-incidently.

koajutor

(ecclesiastical) An assistant to a bishop. [from 1549]

koala

A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

koalisi

A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.

kobaran

A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

kobra

Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Naja.

kocak

Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute.

kocek

(clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

koda

(music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.

kode akses

A string of characters used for authentication on a digital device.

kode pos

(UK, Irish) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

kode sandi

A string of characters used for authentication on a digital device.