Standard Lemma guide

Indonesian

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌɪndəˈniːʒən/
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  • rhymes with -iːʒən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D OW0 N IY1 ZH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Indonesia or its people or language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person living in or coming from Indonesia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The common language spoken in Indonesia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or characteristic of Indonesia or its people or languages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Malay

Narrower terms: Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese

6

noun

Meaning 6

a native or inhabitant of Indonesia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic

Narrower terms: Sumatran, Papuan, Javanese, Javan

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Indonesia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Indonesian From Indonesia + -an.

Across languages

Translations

173 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Indonesies — referring to Indonesia
  • Albanian: indonezián — referring to Indonesia
  • Arabic: إِنْدُونِيسِيّ (ʔindūnīsiyy) — referring to Indonesia
  • Asturian: indonesiu — referring to Indonesia
  • Azerbaijani: indoneziya — referring to Indonesia
  • Basque: indonesiar — referring to Indonesia
  • Belarusian: інданезі́йскі (indanjezíjski) — referring to Indonesia
  • Belarusian: інданэзі́йскі (indanezíjski) — referring to Indonesia
  • Bulgarian: индонези́йски (indonezíjski) — referring to Indonesia
  • Catalan: indonesi — referring to Indonesia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印度尼西亞的 /印度尼西亚的 (Yìndùníxīyà de) — referring to Indonesia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印尼的 (Yìnní de) — referring to Indonesia
  • Czech: indonéský — referring to Indonesia
  • Danish: indonesisk — referring to Indonesia
  • Dutch: Indonesisch — referring to Indonesia
  • Dutch: Indonesische — referring to Indonesia
  • Esperanto: indonezia — referring to Indonesia
  • Finnish: indonesialainen — referring to Indonesia
  • French: indonésien — referring to Indonesia
  • Galician: indonesio — referring to Indonesia
  • Georgian: ინდონეზიური (indoneziuri) — referring to Indonesia
  • German: indonesisch — referring to Indonesia
  • Greek: ινδονησιακός (indonisiakós) — referring to Indonesia
  • Hawaiian: ʻInidonesia — referring to Indonesia
  • Hebrew: אינדונזי (indonezi) — referring to Indonesia
  • Hindi: इंडोनेशियाई (iṇḍoneśiyāī) — referring to Indonesia
  • Hungarian: indonéz — referring to Indonesia
  • Indonesian: Indonesia — referring to Indonesia
  • Irish: Indinéiseach — referring to Indonesia
  • Italian: indonesiano — referring to Indonesia
  • Japanese: インドネシアの (Indoneshia no) — referring to Indonesia
  • Kashubian: indonezëjsczi — referring to Indonesia
  • Korean: 인도네시아의 (Indonesia-ui) — referring to Indonesia
  • Latin: indonesicus — referring to Indonesia
  • Low German: indoneesch — referring to Indonesia
  • Macedonian: индонезиски (indoneziski) — referring to Indonesia
  • Malay: Indonesia — referring to Indonesia
  • Maltese: Indoneżjan — referring to Indonesia
  • Marathi: इंडोनेशियन (iṇḍoneśiyan) — referring to Indonesia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: indonesisk — referring to Indonesia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: indonesisk — referring to Indonesia
  • Persian: اندونزیایی (andoneziyâyi) — referring to Indonesia
  • Polish: indonezyjski — referring to Indonesia
  • Portuguese: indonésio — referring to Indonesia
  • Romanian: indonezian — referring to Indonesia
  • Russian: индонези́йский (indonɛzíjskij) — referring to Indonesia
  • Serbo-Croatian: индо̀не̄зӣјскӣ — referring to Indonesia
  • Serbo-Croatian: индоне́жански — referring to Indonesia
  • Serbo-Croatian: indònēzījskī — referring to Indonesia
  • Serbo-Croatian: indonéžanski — referring to Indonesia
  • Sinhalese: ඉන්දුනීසියානු (indunīsiyānu) — referring to Indonesia
  • Slovak: indonézsky — referring to Indonesia
  • Slovene: indonezijski — referring to Indonesia
  • Spanish: indonesio — referring to Indonesia
  • Swedish: indonesisk — referring to Indonesia
  • Tagalog: Indones — referring to Indonesia
  • Tajik: индонезӣ (indonezi) — referring to Indonesia
  • Turkish: Endonezya — referring to Indonesia
  • Ukrainian: індонезі́йський (indonezíjsʹkyj) — referring to Indonesia
  • Uyghur: ھىندونېزىيە (hindonëziye) — referring to Indonesia
  • Uzbek: indonez — referring to Indonesia
  • Afrikaans: Indonesiër — person
  • Albanian: indonezián — person
  • Albanian: indoneziáne — person
  • Arabic: إِنْدُونِيسِيّ (ʔindūnīsiyy) — person
  • Arabic: إِنْدُونِيسِيَّة (ʔindūnīsiyya) — person
  • Asturian: indonesiu — person
  • Asturian: indonesia — person
  • Basque: indonesiar — person
  • Catalan: indonesi — person
  • Catalan: indonèsia — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印度尼西亞人 /印度尼西亚人 (yìndùníxīyàrén) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印尼人 (yìnnírén) — person
  • Czech: Indonésan — person
  • Czech: Indonésanka — person
  • Danish: indoneser — person
  • Dutch: Indonesiër — person
  • Dutch: Indonesische — person
  • Esperanto: indoneziano — person
  • Finnish: indonesialainen — person
  • French: Indonésien — person
  • French: Indonésienne — person
  • Galician: indonesio — person
  • German: Indonesier — person
  • German: Indonesierin — person
  • Greek: Ινδονήσιος (Indonísios) — person
  • Greek: Ινδονήσια (Indonísia) — person
  • Hawaiian: ʻInidonesia — person
  • Hebrew: אינדונזי (indonezi) — person
  • Hebrew: אינדונזית (indonezit) — person
  • Hindi: इंडोनेशियाई (iṇḍoneśiyāī) — person
  • Hungarian: indonéz — person
  • Indonesian: orang Indonesia — person
  • Irish: Indinéiseach — person
  • Japanese: インドネシア人 (indoneshiajin) — person
  • Korean: 인도네시아인 (indonesiain) — person
  • Korean: 인도네시아 사람 (indonesia saram) — person
  • Malay: orang Indonesia — person
  • Marathi: इंडोनेशियन (iṇḍoneśiyan) — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: indonesier — person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: indonesiar — person
  • Persian: اندونزیایی (andoneziyâyi) — person
  • Polish: Indonezyjczyk — person
  • Polish: Indonezyjka — person
  • Portuguese: indonésio — person
  • Romanian: indonezian — person
  • Romanian: indoneziancă — person
  • Russian: индонези́ец (indonɛzíjec) — person
  • Russian: индонези́йка (indonɛzíjka) — person
  • Slovak: Indonézan — person
  • Slovak: Indonézanka — person
  • Spanish: indonesio — person
  • Spanish: indonesia — person
  • Swedish: indones — person
  • Tagalog: Indones — person
  • Turkish: Endonezyalı — person
  • Afrikaans: Indonesies — language
  • Albanian: gjuha indoneziane — language
  • Arabic: إِنْدُونِيسِيَّة (ʔindūnīsiyya) — language
  • Armenian: ինդոնեզերեն (indonezeren) — language
  • Asturian: indonesiu — language
  • Basque: indonesiera — language
  • Belarusian: інданезі́йская (indanjezíjskaja) — language
  • Bulgarian: индонези́йски (indonezíjski) — language
  • Catalan: indonesi — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印度尼西亞語 /印度尼西亚语 (yìndùníxīyàyǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印尼語 /印尼语 (Yìnní yǔ) — language
  • Czech: indonéština — language
  • Danish: indonesisk — language
  • Dutch: Indonesisch — language
  • Dutch: bahasa — language
  • Finnish: indonesia — language
  • French: indonésien — language
  • French: langue indonésienne — language
  • Georgian: ინდონეზიური (indoneziuri) — language
  • German: Indonesisch — language
  • German: indonesische Sprache — language
  • Greenlandic: indonesiamiutut — language
  • Gujarati: ઇન્ડોનેશિયન (inḍoneśiyan) — language
  • Hebrew: אִינְדּוֹנֶזִית (indonezít) — language
  • Hindi: इंडोनेशियाई (iṇḍoneśiyāī) — language
  • Hungarian: indonéz — language
  • Icelandic: indónesíska — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Indonesia — language
  • Irish: Indinéisis — language
  • Japanese: インドネシア語 (indoneshiago) — language
  • Javanese: basa Indonesia — language
  • Korean: 인도네시아어 (indonesia'eo) — language
  • Low German: Indoneessch — language
  • Malay: bahasa Indonesia — language
  • Marathi: इंडोनेशियन (iṇḍoneśiyan) — language
  • Navajo: Indoníízha bizaad — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: indonesisk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: indonesisk — language
  • Occitan: indonesian — language
  • Persian: اندونزیایی (andoneziyâyi) — language
  • Polish: (język) indonezyjski — language
  • Portuguese: indonésio — language
  • Romanian: indoneziană — language
  • Russian: индонези́йский (indonɛzíjskij) — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: индонезијски — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: indonezijski — language
  • Slovak: indonézština — language
  • Slovene: indonezijščina — language
  • Spanish: indonesio — language
  • Swedish: indonesiska — language
  • Tagalog: Indones — language
  • Tigrinya: እንዶኑሲኛ (ʾəndonusiña) — language
  • Turkish: Endonezce — language
  • Uab Meto: uab Indonesia — language
  • Ukrainian: індонезі́йська (indonezíjsʹka) — language
  • Urdu: انڈونیشیائی (iṇḍoneśiyāī) — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng In-đô-nê-xi-a — language
Real reading context

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