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)

1. generation:
   1. 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.
   2. 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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.