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 (first-person possessive deforestasiku, second-person possessive deforestasimu, third-person possessive deforestasinya)
- (forestry) deforestation: The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else.
Synonyms
- penebangan hutan
- penggundulan hutan
- pengawahutanan
- penyahhutanan (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “deforestasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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