sekolah menengah kejuruan
Indonesian
Etymology
From sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) + kejuruan (“skill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səˈkolah mənəˈŋah kəd͡ʒuˈruan]
- Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah mê‧nê‧ngah kê‧ju‧ru‧an
Noun
sekolah menengah kejuruan
- (education) senior high school (US), upper secondary school (UK) level (ISCED Level 3) vocational school, abbreviated SMK.
Usage notes
The term was derived from ambachtsschool (the Netherland) (now voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs).
Synonyms
- sekolah ambah (obsolete)
- kolej teknikal (Standard Malay)
Hypernyms
- sekolah kejuruan
- sekolah vokasi
Further reading
- “sekolah menengah kejuruan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.