formasi

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch formatie, from French formation, from Old French formacion, from Latin fōrmātiō, fōrmātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɔrˈmasi]
• Rhymes: -si, -i
• Hyphenation: for‧ma‧si

Noun

formasi (plural formasi-formasi)

1. formation:
   1. the act of assembling a group or structure

      Synonyms: susunan, bentukan

   2. (geology) a rock or face of a mountain
   3. (sports) an arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays
   4. (military) grouping of units under a command
   5. (military) arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft
   6. (chiefly Roman Catholicism) process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation

Related terms

• formatir
• formatur
• formula
• transformasi
• transformator

Further reading

• “formasi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016