sekolah menengah umum

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) +‎ umum (“general”), from

• Calque of Dutch algemene middelbare school of algemene (“common, general”) +‎ middelbare (“secondary”) +‎ school.
• Compare to Chinese 普通高中.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ko.lah mə.nə.ŋah u.mʊm/
• Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah, mê‧nê‧ngah, u‧mum

Noun

sekolah menengah umum

1. (education, historical) senior high school (US), upper secondary school (UK), abbreviated SMU.

Synonyms

• sekolah lanjutan tingkat atas (dated)
• sekolah menengah tinggi (dated)
• sekolah menengah atas
• sekolah menengah umum atas (dated)

Further reading

• “sekolah menengah umum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.