sekolah menengah pertama

Indonesian

Etymology

From sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) +‎ pertama (“first”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈkolah mənəˈŋah pərˈtama]
• Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah, mê‧nê‧ngah, pêr‧ta‧ma

Noun

sekolah menengah pertama

1. (education) junior high school (US), lower secondary school (UK), abbreviated SMP.

Synonyms

• sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama (dated)

Further reading

• “sekolah menengah pertama” 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.