kecelakaan
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From celaka + ke- -an. The sense “an unintended pregnancy” is a semantic loan from English accident.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kecelakaan (countable and uncountable, plural kecelakaan-kecelakaan)
- Accident:
- an unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.
- Synonyms: bencana, kemalangan, kesusahan
- (transport, vehicles) especially, a collision or similar unintended event that causes damage or death.
- Synonym: kemalangan (Standard Malay)
- (euphemistic) an unintended pregnancy.
- an unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.
Synonyms
[edit]- (unexpected event with negative consequences): kemalangan
- (unexpected event that takes place without foresight or expectation): kasualitas
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kecelakaan” 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.
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- Indonesian terms circumfixed with ke- -an
- Indonesian semantic loans from English
- Indonesian terms derived from English
- Indonesian 5-syllable words
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- id:Transport
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