informasi

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch informatie (“information”), from Middle French informacion, enformacion (Modern French information), and their source, Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnfōrmō (“to inform”). Cognate with Afrikaans informasie (“information”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /infɔrmasi/
  • Hyphenation: in‧for‧ma‧si

Noun

informasi (plural informasi-informasi)

  1. explanation
    Synonyms: penjelasan, penerangan
  2. announcement
    Synonyms: pengumuman, wara-wara, uar-uar, maklumat, pemberitahuan, siaran, urit, urita, warta, warita, berita, kabar, kisah
  3. information, knowledge
    Synonyms: embaran, info

Conjugation

Conjugation of informasi (meng-, transitive)
root informasi
active passive basic
imperative 		emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative – – – – –
accusative / dative / locative – – – – –
perfective causative / applicative2 menginformasikan terinformasikan diinformasikan informasikan informasikanlah
causative
nominative – – – – –
accusative / dative / locative – – – – –
perfective causative / applicative2 – – – – –

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

  • informasi elektronik
  • informasi gizi
  • informasi jabatan
  • informasi karier
  • informasi meteorologi
  • informasi pekerjaan
  • informasi pendidikan
  • informasi pornografi

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Indonesian informasi, from Dutch informatie, from Middle French informacion, enformacion (Modern French information), and their source, Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnfōrmō (“to inform”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [in.fo(r).ma.si]
  • Rhymes: -si, -i
  • Hyphenation: in‧for‧ma‧si

Noun

informasi (Jawi spelling اينفورماسي)

  1. information, knowledge
    Synonyms: maklumat, pengetahuan
  2. explanation
    Synonyms: maklumat, keterangan, penjelasan

Affixations

Further reading

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