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)

  1. (forestry) deforestation: The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else
    Synonyms: penebangan hutan, penggundulan hutan, pengawahutanan

Synonyms

  • penyahhutanan (Standard Malay)

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