Adopted Words
A - B - C - D
Bahasa Indonesia adopts a great deal of words from other languages, such as English, Dutch, Arabic, and Portuguese. The followings are examples of adopted words from English.
| English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian |
| airport | airport | bank | bank | cable | kabel | dance | dansa |
| athlete | atlit | bar | bar | calculator | kalkulator | data | data |
| apple | apel | beer | bir | calendar | kalender | dedication | dedikasi |
| absence | absen | bell | bel | camera | kamera | decoration | dekorasi |
| alternative | alternatif | bottle | botol | carat | karat | delegation | delegasi |
| authentic | otentik | carpet | karpet | depreciation | depresiasi | ||
| authority | otoritas | catalogue | katalog | dilemma | dilema | ||
| automatic | otomatis | coin | koin | director | direktur | ||
| autopsy | otopsi | computer | komputer | domestic | domestik | ||
| consultant | konsultan | ||||||
| contact | kontak |
E - F - G - H
| English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian |
| edition | edisi | facet | faset | glass | gelas | habitat | habitat |
| edit | edit | facility | fasilitas | generation | generasi | harmony | harmoni |
| efficient | efisien | fiction | fiksi | generator | generator | hypnotise | hipnotis |
| effective | efektif | film | filem | genius | jenius | hysterical | histeris |
| expedition | ekspedisi | flexible | fleksibel | geology | geologi | humor | humor |
| explicit | eksplisit | focus | fokus | geography | geografi | ||
| element | elemen | formal | formal | geometry | geometri | ||
| empathy | empati | format | format | global | global | ||
| encyclopedia | ensiklopedia | forum | forum | gossip | gosip | ||
| gravity | gravitasi | ||||||
| group | grup |
I - J - L - M
| English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian |
| ideology | ideologi | jargon | jargon | lamp | lampu | maximum | maksimum |
| idiom | idiom | journal | jurnal | legal | legal | macro | makro |
| idol | idola | junior | yunior | legend | legenda | manager | manajer |
| imigrant | imigran | liberal | liberal | management | manajemen | ||
| import | impor | literature | literatur | manipulate | manipulasi | ||
| inch | inci | local | lokal | margin | marjin | ||
| indicator | indikator | location | lokasi | masculine | maskulin | ||
| intrigue | intrik | logistic | logistik | medal | medali | ||
| incentive | insentive | lux | luks | mysterious | misterius | ||
| model | model | ||||||
| moderator | moderator | ||||||
| modern | modern |
N - O - P - R
| English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian |
| national | nasional | object | obyek | pamphlet | pamflet | radiation | radiasi |
| natural | natural | obsession | obsesi | panic | panik | radio | radio |
| negotiate | negosiasi | optimistic | optimistis | paragraph | paragraf | radius | radius |
| neutral | netral | organisation | organisasi | paradox | paradoks | rational | rasional |
| original | orisinil | parachute | parasut | reality | realita | ||
| orchestra | orkestrasi | passive | pasif | reflex | refleks | ||
| period | periode | relevant | relevan | ||||
| permanent | permanen | recruit | rekrut | ||||
| popular | populer | romantic | romantis | ||||
| porn | porno | ||||||
| production | produksi | ||||||
| protest | protes |
S - T - U - V - Z
| English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian | English | Indonesian |
| scandal | skandal | taboo | tabu | unique | unik | valid | valid |
| scenario | skenario | talent | talenta | unit | unit | variable | variabel |
| sex | seks | target | target | universal | universal | variation | variasi |
| sexy | seksi | technic | teknik | vase | vas | ||
| sector | sektor | technician | teknisi | vertical | vertikal | ||
| sensual | sensual | tendency | tendensi | visual | visual | ||
| serial | serial | terminal | terminal | vitamin | vitamin | ||
| symbol | simbol | track | trék | vocal | vokal | ||
| system | sistem | transaction | transaksi | volume | volume | ||
| slogan | slogan | transition | transisi | zone | zona | ||
| soda | soda | trend | tren | ||||
| status | status | tumor | tumor |