tiruan
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /tiˈruan/ [t̪iˈru.an]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ti‧ru‧an
Noun
tiruan (plural tiruan-tiruan)
- imitation
- mock
- mock-up
- copy
- counterfeit, fake, false, falsification, forgery, sham
- Synonyms: falsifikasi, palsu
- replica, semblant
- Synonym: replika
- synthetic
- substitute
- emulation
- simulacrum
- sophistication
- similitude
- (rhetoric) mimesis
- Synonym: mimesis
Further reading
- “tiruan”, 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