sekolah menengah kejuruan

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) +‎ kejuruan (“skill”). Comparable to Japanese 高等専修学校(こうとうせんしゅうがっこう) (kōtōsenshūgakkō, “upper secondary specialized training school”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈkolah mənəˈŋah kəd͡ʒuˈruan]
• Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah mê‧nê‧ngah kê‧ju‧ru‧an

Noun

sekolah menengah kejuruan

1. (education) senior high school (US), upper secondary school (UK) level (ISCED Level 3) vocational school, abbreviated SMK.

Usage notes

The term was derived from Netherland Dutch ambachtsschool (now voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs).

Synonyms

• sekolah ambah (obsolete)
• sekolah pertukangan
• kolej teknikal (Standard Malay)

Hypernyms

• sekolah kejuruan
• sekolah vokasi

Further reading

• “sekolah menengah kejuruan” 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.