rumah kaca
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound rumah (“house”) + kaca (“glass”), from English glasshouse.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rumah kaca (first-person possessive rumah kacaku, second-person possessive rumah kacamu, third-person possessive rumah kacanya)
- greenhouse: a building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
Synonyms edit
- rumah hijau (Standard Malay)
Further reading edit
- “rumah kaca” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.