polusi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch pollutie (“pollution”), from French pollution, from Middle French pollution, pollucion, from post-classical Latin pollutio.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /poˈlusi/ [poˈlu.si]
• Rhymes: -usi
• Syllabification: po‧lu‧si

Noun

polusi (plural polusi-polusi)

1. pollution

   Synonym: pencemaran

   polusi air ― water pollution

   polusi udara ― air pollution

   polusi suara ― sound pollution

   • 2017 October 16, “Masyarakat Diajak Kurangi Polusi [Society Urged to Reduce Pollution]”, in Suara Merdeka‎, archived from the original on 17 October 2018:

     Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (KLHK) mengajak masyarakat turut serta menurunkan polusi di Indonesia, dengan cara menjaga hutan dan naik transportasi umum. Hal itu perlu dilakukan seiring dengan perubahan iklim di Tanah Air yang sangat mengkhawatirkan.

     The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) urges the society to participate in reducing pollution in Indonesia by protecting the forest and riding public transportation. This needs to be done in line with climate change in the homeland which is very worrying.

Derived terms

• terpolusi

• polusi air
• polusi asap
• polusi cahaya
• polusi debu
• polusi karbon
• polusi plastik
• polusi suara
• polusi udara

Related terms

• polutan (“pollutant”)

Further reading

• “polusi”, 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