Indonesian–English dictionary

slang

Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.

slip

A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

slop

A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.

Slovenia

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

Slowakia

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slovak Republic. Capital and largest city: Bratislava.

sluis

An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.

snoker

A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.

Snoopy

Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.

snorkel

(underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.

soal

A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.

soang

Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.

sobek

(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

soda apel

(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).

sodok

A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.

sofa

(furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.

Sofia

The capital city of Bulgaria.

soga

A light brown to brownish orange colour.

sogokan

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

sok suci

A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.

soket

(electrical) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

sokongan

Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.

sol

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

solat

(uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.

solilokui

(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.

soliter

(countable) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.

solubilitas

(chemistry) The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.

solusi

A solution to a problem.

Somalia

A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.

sombong

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

sonar

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

sonata

(music) A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.

sontoloyo

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

sopan

Well-mannered, civilized.

sopan santun

(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.

sopir

A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).

sopran

The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.

sore

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

sorgum

A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).

sorot balik

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

sosialis

One who supports or advocates socialism.

sosialisasi

The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.

sosialita

A person (often a woman) of social prominence, considered to be an influential figure.

sosiologi

A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.

sosis

A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.

sosok

A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.

sotong

Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.

Soyuz

Any of a series of Soviet, later Russian spacecraft.

spageti

(countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

spaning

(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.

Spanyol

A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.

Sparta

An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training.

Spartakus

A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

spasi

A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap. [from 16thc.]

spatel

(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

spatula

(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

spekulan

(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.

spekulator

(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.

sperma

A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.

spesial

Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.

spesialis

Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.

spesies

(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.

spesifikasi

An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

spesimen

A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.

spina

Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.

spinal

(anatomy, zootomy) Of or relating to the spine.

spionase

The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.

spons

(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

sponsor

A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.

sporadis

Rare and scattered in occurrence.

sportivitas

The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad.

sprint

A short race at top speed.

sputnik

(historical) Any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first one in 1957.

stabil

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.

stabilisasi

(uncountable) The process of stabilizing.

stabilitas

The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.

stadion

A venue where sporting events are held.

stagflasi

(economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. [from 1965]

stagnasi

The state of being stagnant, without circulation.

Stalin

A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.

stalinisme

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

stan

A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

standar

Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.

standardisasi

The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.

statistika

A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.

stator

The stationary part of a motor or other machine.

status perkawinan

One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.

status quo

The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

statuta

A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body. [from ca. 1300s]

Stefani

A en given name.

steik

Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.

steker

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

STEM

(uncountable, education) Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.

stempel

A device for imprinting designs.

stensil

A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.

stéréotipê

A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).

sterilisasi

(uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.

sternum

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

stetoskop

(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.

Stockholm

A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.

stoikisme

A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.

stoking

A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.

stola

A chorister's surplice.

stoples

A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.

strata

A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.

strategi

(uncountable) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.

stratifikasi

(sociology) Society's categorization of people into socioeconomic strata.

stres

(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

stridulasi

A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.

stroberi

The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

strok

(by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.

struktur

The overall form or organization of something.

struktural

Of, relating to, or having structure.

stuko

(countable, uncountable) Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).

sturjen

Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.

suaka

A place of safety or refuge.

suami

A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

suap

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

suara

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

suasana

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

suatu

Used for emphasis in place of a

Subali

(Hinduism) King of Kishkindha, a son of Indra and the elder brother of Sugriva in Ramayana.

subang

A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

subglasial

Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.

subjek

(grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.

subjektivitas

(singulare tantum) The state of being subjective.

subjudul

(authorship) A heading below or after a title.

submisif

Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.

substantif

(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.

substitusi

(chemistry, especially, organic chemistry) The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.

subtitel

(cinematography, television) Textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.

subuh

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

subur

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

subversi

The act of overthrowing a government or a ruler; dethronement.

subversif

Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.

subyek

(grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.

suci

Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.

sudah pasti

without a doubt; surely.

Sudan

Republic of the Sudan, since 1955

sudi siasat

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

sudoku

(games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

sudu

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

sudu sup

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.

sudut pandang

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

suhu

A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.

suka

(uncountable) Strong affection.

suka bergaul

(of a person) Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.

suka cita

An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.

sukar

Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

sukarela

Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.

sukses

Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.