Indonesian–English dictionary

paten

A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.

pati

(nutrition, countable) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

patih

Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.

patiseri

(uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

patologi

(academic, _, medicine) The academic biomedical specialty that advances the aspects of the biomedical sciences that allow for those clinical applications and their advancements over time.

patriark

(Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank. [from 9th c.]

patriarkal

Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.

patriarkis

Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.

patriot

A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.

patriotik

Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country

patriotisme

Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

patronasi

(politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.

patrun

(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.

patuh

Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.

patung

(countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).

patut dicontoh

Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.

pau

Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine

paus

(Russian Orthodoxy) , a Russian Orthodox priest.

paus putih

A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.

paviliun

An ornate tent.

paya

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen.)

payah

(colloquial, of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.

payau

(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.

payudara

(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.

payung

A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.

PBB

Initialism of United Nations.

pecahan

(arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).

pecandu

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

pecat

(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).

pecinan

A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.

pecundang

An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.

pedagang

A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

pedagang asongan

An itinerant seller of small goods.

pedagang besar

A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.

pedagang emas

A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.

pedagogi

The profession of teaching.

pedal

A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.

pedal kopling

The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.

pedas

(of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.

pedesaan

Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

pediatri

(American spelling, medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.

pedih hati

Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their absence.

pedok

(horse racing) An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.

pedoman

A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

peduli

(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).

pedut

(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)

pegadai

A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.

pegadaian

The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

pegangan

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.

pegar

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

pegas

An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.

pegawai

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

pejabat

An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.

pejalan

The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

pejalan kaki

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.

pejamu

(ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.

pejantan

A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).

pejawat

The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.

peka

(of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.

pekali

(arithmetic) A number that is to be multiplied by another (the multiplier).

pekemah

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

pekerja

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

pekerja bebas

Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.

pekerja kasar

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.

pekerja seks komersial

A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]

pekerjaan

An economic role for which a person is paid.

pekerjaan rumah

(literally, now, _, rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.

pekerjaan tangan

An artifact produced by handicraft.

pekuburan

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

pekung

(plant disease) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.

pelabuhan

(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.

pelabuhan udara

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.

pelabur

A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.

pelacur

A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]

peladen

(computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.

pelafalan

(uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

pelahiran

The act of giving birth

pelajar

A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.

pelajaran

A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

pelajari

(ergative) To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.

pelaksanaan

The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.

pelaku

One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.

pelamar kerja

(figurative) A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege. [from 1760s]

pelan

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

pelan-pelan

(manner) At a slow pace.

pelana

A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.

pelanggan

A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.

pelanggar

A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

pelanggaran

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

pelanggaran hukum

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

pelangi

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

pelantang

Loudspeaker.

pelapisan

A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.

pelapukan

(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.

pelarutan

Dissolving, or going into solution.

pelataran

A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.

pelatih

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

pelatuk

(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.

pelaut

In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.

pelawak

An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

pelayan

The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.

pelayar

In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.

pelebihan

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).

peledak

(of a substance, informal) Explosive.

pelekat

(medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.

peler

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

peletak dasar

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

peletakan senjata

(countable, military) A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.

peleton

(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.

pelikan

(geology) Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one.

pelindung

Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.

pelintiran

(countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.

pelipis

(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.

pelit

Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

pelobian

The act of one who lobbies.

pelokalan

(algebra) A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.

pelontar api

A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.

pelopor

One who initiates.

peluang

(mathematics) A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening.

peluit

A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.

pelukan

(UK) An affectionate embrace, a hug, such as is given to family members and close friends (less intimate than a snuggle, and typically of shorter duration).

pelukis

An artist who paints pictures.

pelumas

A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.

pelupa

Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

peluru kendali

An unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that travels through the air to deliver a warhead to a predetermined point, keeping itself on course by making corrections via its control surfaces.

peluru kosong

(firearms) Ellipsis of blank cartridge [since the 19th century].

peluruhan

(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.

pemabuk

A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

pemacek

A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).

pemadam kebakaran

A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents.

pemahaman

The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.

pemahat

A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.

pemahkotaan

(literally, also, attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.

pemain

One who plays any game or sport.

pemair suara

(nautical, countable) A device that provides such echolocation.

pemajanan

The act of exposing something, such as a scandal.

pemakai

One who, or that which, consumes.

pemakai bahasa

(especially, in, _, linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.

pemakaman

A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

pemakan daging

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

pemakluman

The content which is announced.

pemakzulan

(countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.

pemalas

Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.

pemali

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

pemalsuan

The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

pemalu

(countable) A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.

pemanah

One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.

pemancar radio

(countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.

pemancingan

(countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish.

pemancungan

Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.