desain

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English design, from Old French designer, from Latin designō (“I mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + signō (“I mark”), from signum (“mark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈsaɪn]
• Rhymes: -ɪn, -n
• Hyphenation: dé‧sa‧in

Noun

désain (plural desain-desain, first-person possessive desainku, second-person possessive desainmu, third-person possessive desainnya)

1. design,
   1. a specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.

      Synonyms: kerangka, rancangan

      Synonym: reka bentuk (Standard Malay)

   2. a pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.

      Synonyms: corak, motif, pola

   3. (computing) a specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.

Alternative forms

• disain

Derived terms

Affixations

• berdesain (“designed”)
• mendesain (“to design”)
• pendesain (“designer”)

 

Compounds

• desain grafis

 

Further reading

• “desain” 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.