generasi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch generatie, from Middle French generacion, from Latin generātiō, from generāre, present active infinitive of generō (“to beget, generate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡenəˈrasi]
- Hyphenation: gé‧nê‧ra‧si
Noun
generasi (plural generasi-generasi, first-person possessive generasiku, second-person possessive generasimu, third-person possessive generasinya)
- generation:
- the average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
- a group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
- Synonyms: angkatan, turunan
Derived terms
- generasi berencana
- generasi komputer
- generasi milenial
- generasi muda
- generasi pelanjut
- generasi penerus
- generasi politik
- generasi roti lapis
- generasi tua
- generasi X
- generasi Y
- generasi Z
Further reading
- “generasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.