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cham¹
- /kæm/
Rhymes with -æm
Where it comes from
From French cham, from Ottoman Turkish خان (han) (see there for more).
noun chams
- Archaic spelling of khan And ſince we haue arriu’d in Scythia, Beſides rich preſents from the puiſant Cham, UUe haue his highneſſe letters to commaund Aide and aſſiſtance if we ſtand in need.
- An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson. Sitting at a table, drinking Ale, observing the Mist thro’ the Window-Panes, Mason forty-five, the Cham sixty-four.
cham²
Where it comes from
See chap.
verb chams · chamming · chammed
- To chew. But he that repenteth toward the law of God, and at the sight of the sacrament, or of the breaking, feeling, eating, chamming, or drinking, calleth to remembrance the death of Christ, his body breaking and blood shedding for our sins [...]
cham³
Where it comes from
From Middle English icham, equivalent to ch- + am, from ich + am.
contraction
-
I am
Similar: I'm
Cham⁴
- /t͡ʃæm/
Rhymes with -æm
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Eastern Cham ꨌꩌ
noun
- An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.
proper noun
- The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
- An abugida used to write this language.
adjective
- Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.
Cham⁵
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Cham.
proper noun
- A town in Bavaria, Germany.
Cham⁶
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Switzerland German Cham.
proper noun
- A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.
Cham⁷
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Albanian Çam m.
noun Chams
-
an ethnic Albanian from Çamëri, originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Çamëri (engl.: Chameria).
Similar: Tsam, Tsams, Albanocham, Albanophone, Turco-Cham, Turco-Albanian
Cham⁸
Where it comes from
From Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).
proper noun Chams
- A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Translations
Every language
name language
| 한국어 | 참어 chameo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | チャム語 chamugo |
| 中文 | 占語 zhānyǔ |
| Français | cham |
| Tiếng Việt | tiếng Chăm, tiếng Chàm |
adj pertaining to the Cham people or their language
| 中文 | 占 zhān, 占族 zhānzú |
|---|---|
| Français | cham |
| Русский | ча́мский čámskij, тя́мский tjámskij |
| Tiếng Việt | chăm, chàm |
name town in Germany
| Deutsch | Cham |
|---|
name town in Switzerland
| Deutsch | Cham |
|---|
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title = {cham},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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