deforestasi
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from English deforestation, from French déforestation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.fo.rəs.ˈta.si/
- Rhymes: -si, -i
- Hyphenation: dé‧fo‧rês‧ta‧si
Noun
déforêstasi (plural deforestasi-deforestasi)
- (forestry) deforestation: The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else
- Synonyms: penebangan hutan, penggundulan hutan, pengawahutanan
Synonyms
- penyahhutanan (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “deforestasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.