English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

Indonesian–English dictionary

Look up a Indonesian word and see what it means in English — with pronunciation, part of speech and example sentences, not just a bare equivalent.

All Indonesian words, A–Z

ranjau
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
ransel
A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.
ransum
A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.
rantai
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
rantai makanan
The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
ranting
A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
rapuh
(figuratively) Readily disrupted or destroyed.
rasa
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
rasa kenal
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]
rasberi
The plant Rubus idaeus.
rasi
(astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region.
rasialis
Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.
rasio
A number representing a comparison between two named things.
rasionalisme
(philosophy) The theory that the reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.
rasis
A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.
rasisme
Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.
rasuah
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.
rasul
(Christianity) Any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach and spread the Gospel.
rasywah
The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.
rat petaka
A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.
rata
Flat and level.
rata-rata
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. [from c. 1735]
rata-rata hitung
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
ratu
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]
ratus
A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine.
raudatul athfal
(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]
rawa
An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen.)
rawa-rawa
An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen.)
rawan
(skeleton, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
raya
Of great size, large.
rayakan
(transitive, or, intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
rayap
A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
razia
(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
reaksi
An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
real estat
(US, Canada, Australia) Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.
realisasi
The act of making real.
rebah
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
rebut
(transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
reduksi
(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
redundansi
The state of being redundant
reduplikasi
(linguistics) The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.
referendum
(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment.
referensi
A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
refleksi
The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
refleksi diri
(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.
refluks
The backwards flow of any fluid.
reformis
One who advocates reform (of an institution).
refraksi
(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
regimen
(medicine) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.
regio
Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
regional
Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
regulasi
(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
regulator
A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
reguler
(chiefly, US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. [from 17th c.]
rehabilitasi
The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
rejam
(transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
reka cipta
Something invented.
reka citra
(computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
reka ulang
The repetition of an earlier (usually historic) event, as a performance or social event.
rekam
(transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
rekan kerja
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
rekapitulasi
(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
rekayasa
(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
rekening
(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]
reklame
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
rekonsiliasi
The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
rekor
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
rekreasi
Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
rekrutmen
The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
reksa dana
(finance) A form of collective investment in which money from many investors is pooled and invested in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, or other securities under the direction of a fund manager.
rektor
A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.
rektum
(anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus or cloaca.
rekuiem
A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
rela
(intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
rela hati
Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
relai
(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]
relasi
Connection or association; the condition of being related.
relatif
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
relevan
Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
relevansi
The property or state of being relevant or pertinent.
reliabilitas
The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
religius
Belonging or pertaining to a religious order or religious congregation.
relik
That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
relikui
(religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
relokasi
The act of moving from one place to another.
relung
(ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
relung ekologi
(ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
remahan
A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
remaja
A person between thirteen and nineteen years old.
remas
(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
rematologi
(medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.
rembulan
The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
remi
A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
rempuhan
A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic.
remunerasi
Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.
Renaisans
(historical) The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.
renang
(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
rencana
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
rendah
(transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
rendah diri
Not secure.
rendah hati
Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
rendemen
The quantity of something produced.
render
(computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
rengekan
A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
renjana
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
renjatan
(medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
renovasi
An act, or the process, of renovating.
rentan
Having a downward inclination or slope.
renten
(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]
rentenir
Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]
renungan
Careful thought or consideration.
repatriasi
The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
repolper
(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
represi
The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
represif
Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
represor
Anything that represses.
reproduksi
The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
reptil
(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. [from 19th c.]
republik pisang
(politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.
republikan
Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]
republiken
Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]
reputasi
What somebody or something is known for.
rerata
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
rerata aritmetika
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
resam tubuh
(dated) The general health of a person.
resensi
An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
resep
(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
resep dokter
(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
reserse
A detective.
reservoir
A place where anything is kept in store.
resesi
(economics) A period of reduced economic activity
resi
A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
resiliensi
(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
resimen
(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units. [from 16th c.]
resiprositas
(grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.
resistansi
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
resistensi
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
resistor
(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
resolusi
A statement of intent, a vow.
respirasi
The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
responden
Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person answering the questions.
restitusi
An amount of money returned.
restoran
An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
restrukturisasi
A reorganization; an alteration of structure.
resultan
Following as a result or consequence of something; resulting.
retensi
(medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces.
retina
(ophthalmology) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.
retorik
Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
retorika
The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
retoris
Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.

The other direction

Translating the other way? Use the English–Indonesian dictionary, which browses A–Z by English word.