overwordExplorer
INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kapten.

captain:

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkaptɛn/Standard-Indonesian[ˈkap̚.t̪ɛn]Standard-Indonesian
  1. captain: an army or air force officer whose rank is higher than that of a lieutenant but lower than that of a major

  2. captain: a naval officer whose rank is higher than that of a commander but lower than that of a commodore

  3. captain: the first officer or co-pilot of an aircraft

  4. captain: the person who administers the operation of a merchant ship or a passenger ship

  5. captain: the leader of a squad or a team in a game (of football, hockey, and others)

  6. captain: someone who has been given the power to lead an organization, group, and so on

Where this word comes from

From Dutch kapitein (“captain”), from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”). Cognate with Afrikaans kaptein.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

kapten has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

kapten studiokapten workshello, kapten

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.