Khmer
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Khmer
- /kəˈmɛɹ/ Canada, US
- /kəˈmaɪ/ Canada, US
- /kəˈmɛː/ UK
- /kmɛː/ UK
- /kəˈmɛə/ UK
- /kmɛə/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From the French romanization of Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).
proper noun
- The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family. Despite my mother speaking Khmer to us at home, I hadn’t retained it through my formative years.
- An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.
noun Khmers · Khmer
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A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
Similar: Cambodian, Kampuchean
adjective more Khmer · most Khmer
- Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cambodian, thai, cambodia, mon, rmb, red, rouge, sockeye, rode, cambodians, reds, mon-khmer, khmerian, kampuchean, central khmer, kmer
Translations
Every language
noun language
| Español | jemer, camboyano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 크메르어 keumereueo |
| 日本語 | クメール語 kumērugo |
| 中文 | 高棉語 /高棉语 gāomiányǔ, 高棉文 gāomiánwén |
| हिन्दी | ख्मेर khmer |
| Português | khmer, quemer, cambojano |
| Français | cambodgien, khmer |
| Deutsch | Kambodschanisch, Khmer-Sprache, Khmer |
| Italiano | khmer |
| Ελληνικά | Χμερ Chmer |
| Română | khmeră |
| Русский | кхме́рский kxmérskij, кхме́рский язы́к kxmérskij jazýk, камбоджи́йский kambodžíjskij |
| Tiếng Việt | tiếng Khơ-me, tiếng Khmer |
| العربية | لُغَة خِمِيرِيَّة luḡa ḵimīriyya, خِمِيرِيَّة ḵimīriyya |
| עברית | קמרית |
Talk about this word "Khmer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/khmer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Khmer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/khmer "Khmer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/khmer.Cite this
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title = {Khmer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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