rumah kaca

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound rumah (“house”) +‎ kaca (“glass”), from English glasshouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʊmah ˈkat͡ʃa/

Noun

rumah kaca (first-person possessive rumah kacaku, second-person possessive rumah kacamu, third-person possessive rumah kacanya)

1. greenhouse: a building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.

Synonyms

• rumah hijau (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “rumah kaca” 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.