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)

1. (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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.