Indonesian–English dictionary

kontinu

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

kontinuitas

(narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.

kontol

(slang) The penis.

kontradiksi

(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.

kontrak

(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

kontraksi

A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.

kontraproduktif

More of a hindrance than a help.

kontrapung

(music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.

kontrasepsi

The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.

kontrol

A control; a limit or stop.

kontroversi

A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.

kontroversial

Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.

konurbasi

A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.

konvoi

A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.

konyak

A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

konyol

Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.

koordinator

One who, or that which, coordinates.

Kopenhagen

The capital city of Denmark.

koper

A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.

koperasi

Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.

kopi

(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

kopian

Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.

kopling

A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]

kopral

(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.

koprekan

(video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.

kopulasi

(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.

kor

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

koran

(countable, metonym) The news organization that produces such a publication.

korban

(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).

Korea

A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.

korek api

A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

korek api gas

A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.

koreksi

The act of correcting.

korektif

Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.

korelatif

Mutually related; corresponding.

koreograf

A person who choreographs.

koreografer

A person who choreographs.

koresponden

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

korion

(anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.

kornea

(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.

kornukopia

(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.

korolari

(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

korona

The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.

koroner

(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.

korporal

(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

korporale

(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

korporat

Of or relating to a corporation.

korporatif

Of or relating to a corporation.

korpus

(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.

korsa

The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.

korsase

A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.

Korsika

The language of the Corsican people.

korting

A reduction in price.

korundum

(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

korupsi

The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.

korvet

(nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.

kos

(in the plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.

kosmo-

universe, world

kosmogoni

The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.

kosmos

(countable) The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.

kosong

Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

koster

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

kostum

A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

kota

(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

Kota Bebek

A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.

kota raya

A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.

kotak

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

kotak jahit

(plural "housewifes") A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.

kotamadya

(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

kotor

In a dirty manner.

kotrek

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

kowak

Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

koyote

(canid) Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

kran

A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

krat

A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods. [from 1680s]

kreativitas

The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.

kreator

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

kredibilitas

Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.

krem

A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

kremasi

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

krepitasi

A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.

krim

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

krimer

A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee.

kriminal

Of or relating to crime or penal law.

kriminalitas

(uncountable) Criminal acts collectively.

kriminologi

The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

kriptografi

The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.

krisis

An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.

krisma

A mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.

Kristen

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

Kristus

(Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.

kriteria

A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.

kriterium

A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.

kritik

(countable) A specialist in judging works of art.

kritis

(medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.

kriya

An artifact produced by handicraft.

Kroasia

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

kroisan

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

kromatografi

(analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.

kromosom

(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

kronik

A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

kronologis

(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.

kruk

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

KTT

(by extension) An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely) , an important or high-level gathering or meeting.

kuadrat

(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

kuala

A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.

kualat

Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.

kuali

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

kualitas

(uncountable) Level of excellence.

kuantitas

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

kuantum

(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]

kuap

The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.

kuark

(particle) In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas.

kuarsa

(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

kuartal

(now, historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]

kuas

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.

kuasar

(galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

kuau

(countable) A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.

Kuba

A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.

kubah

(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

kubis

(by extension) Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.

kubur

(narrowly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.

kubur prasejarah

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

kucing angora

A Turkish Angora cat.

kucing mujair

(countable) A brindled cat.

kucing tabi

(countable) A brindled cat.

kucit

A young pig.

kuda

(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

kuda hitam

(idiomatic) Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.

kuda kerdil

A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.

kuda nil

A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.

kuda pacu

A horse that competes in races.

kuda poni

A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.

kuda troya

(computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.

kudapan

An item of food eaten between meals.

kudeta

(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.

kudis

(pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.

kuduk

(anatomy) The back part of the neck.

kudus

Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.

kue

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

kue keju

(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).

kueri

(computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.

kuesioner

A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.

kuil

A house of worship, especially:

kuitansi

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

kuk

A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.

kuku

The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

kuli

An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

kuliah

A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

kuliner

(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.