kelas

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English class.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəlas/

Noun

kelas

1. class
2. classroom

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch klas (“classroom”) and klasse (“class”), from French classe, from Middle French classe, from Latin classis. Doublet of klasis.
• Not inherited from Malay kelas, which is from English class.
• Semantic loan from English class for all senses other than “classroom” and “grade”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlas/,

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -las, -as, -s
• Hyphenation: kê‧las

Noun

kêlas (plural kelas-kelas, first-person possessive kelasku, second-person possessive kelasmu, third-person possessive kelasnya)

1. class,
   1. a group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
   2. (sociology) a social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.
   3. (education) a group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year.
   4. a series of lessons covering a single subject.
   5. a category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation
   6. (taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
   7. (set theory) a collection of sets definable by a shared property.

      Synonym: keluarga

   8. (object-oriented programming) a set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.
2. (education) short for ruang kelas (“classroom, a room, often in a school, where classes take place”).
3. (education) grade, a level of primary and secondary education.
4. degree; level

Alternative forms

• klas

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “kelas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From English class, from Middle French classe, from Latin classis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /kə.las/
• Rhymes: -las, -as
• Hyphenation: ke‧las

Noun

kelas (plural kelas-kelas, informal 1st possessive kelasku, 2nd possessive kelasmu, 3rd possessive kelasnya)

1. class
   1. a group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
   2. (sociology) a social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.
   3. (education) a group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year.
   4. a series of lessons covering a single subject.
   5. a category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation
   6. (taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
   7. (set theory) a collection of sets definable by a shared property.
   8. (object-oriented programming) a set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.
      • 2012 November, Nursyahidah Alias, Nor Zalina Ismail, Mohd Rizal Razak, “Pengalaman Menggunakan Perisian Alice dalam Memperkenalkan Pengaturcaraan Berorientasikan Objek”, in Prosiding KONAKA 2012‎, Kuantan, Pahang, pages 229–236:

        Perisian tersebut mempunyai pakej yang telah sedia ada dengan pelbagai kelas.

        The aforementioned software has packages that have been ready-made with various classes.

2. (education) short for ruang kelas (“classroom, a room, often in a school, where classes take place”).

Related terms

• klasifikasi
• klasik

Further reading

• "kelas" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “kelas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Verb

këlas

1. to fade; to lose original qualities

Volapük

Pronoun

kelas

1. genitive plural of kel