Standard Lemma guide

Khmer

adj · name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kəˈmɛə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈkmɛə(ɹ)/
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  • rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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  • CMU ARPABET: K M EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Mon-Khmer

6

noun

Meaning 6

a native or inhabitant of Cambodia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Cambodian, Kampuchean

History

Etymology

From the French romanization of Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).

Across languages

Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خِمِيرِيّ (ḵimīriyy) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Belarusian: кхме́рскі (kxmjérski) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Bulgarian: кхме́рски (khmérski) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Burmese: ခမာ (hka.ma) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高棉 (gāomián) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Dutch: khmer — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Esperanto: kmera — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • French: khmer — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • German: Khmer — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Hindi: ख्मेर (khmer) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Japanese: クメール (kumēru) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Khmer: ខ្មែរ (khmae) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Khmer: ខេមរ (kheemaʼraʼ) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Korean: 크메르 (keumereu) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Lao: ຂະເຫມນ (kha mēn) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Lao: ຂະແຫມ (kha mǣ) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Lao: ຂເມນ (kha mēn) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Latvian: khmeru — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Macedonian: кмерски (kmerski) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Persian: خمر (xamer) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Polish: khmerski — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Romanian: khmer — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Russian: кхме́рский (kxmérskij) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Thai: เขมร (kà-měen) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Ukrainian: кхме́рський (kxmérsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Vietnamese: Khơ-me — of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
  • Afrikaans: Khmer — language
  • Afrikaans: Kambodjaans — language
  • Arabic: لُغَة خِمِيرِيَّة (luḡa ḵimīriyya) — language
  • Arabic: خِمِيرِيَّة (ḵimīriyya) — language
  • Armenian: քմեր (kʻmer) — language
  • Belarusian: камбаджы́йская (kambadžýjskaja) — language
  • Belarusian: кхме́рская (kxmjérskaja) — language
  • Belarusian: кхме́рская мо́ва (kxmjérskaja móva) — language
  • Betawi: basè Khmer — language
  • Breton: kmereg — language
  • Bulgarian: кхме́рски ези́к (khmérski ezík) — language
  • Burmese: ခမာ (hka.ma) — language
  • Burmese: ခမာဘာသာ (hka.mabhasa) — language
  • Catalan: cambodjà — language
  • Catalan: khmer — language
  • Cherokee: ᎩᎻᎷ (gimilu) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高棉語 /高棉语 (gāomiányǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高棉文 (gāomiánwén) — language
  • Czech: khmerština — language
  • Czech: kambodžština — language
  • Danish: khmer — language
  • Dutch: Khmer — language
  • Dutch: Cambodjaans — language
  • Esperanto: kmera lingvo — language
  • Finnish: khmer — language
  • Finnish: khmerin kieli — language
  • French: cambodgien — language
  • French: khmer — language
  • Galician: khmer — language
  • German: Kambodschanisch — language
  • German: Khmer-Sprache — language
  • German: Khmer — language
  • Greek: Χμερ (Chmer) — language
  • Gujarati: ખ્મેર (khmer) — language
  • Hebrew: קמרית — language
  • Hindi: ख्मेर (khmer) — language
  • Hungarian: khmer — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Khmer — language
  • Irish: Ciméiris — language
  • Irish: Cambóidis — language
  • Italian: khmer — language
  • Japanese: クメール語 (kumērugo) — language
  • Kazakh: кхмер тілі (kxmer tılı) — language
  • Khmer: ខ្មែរ (khmêr) — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាខ្មែរ (phéasa khmêr) — language
  • Korean: 크메르어 (keumereueo) — language
  • Lao: ພາສາຂະເຫມນ (phā sākha mēn) — language
  • Lao: ພາສາຂະແຫມ (phā sākha mǣ) — language
  • Lao: ພາສາຂເມນ (phā sā kha mēn) — language
  • Latvian: khmeru valoda — language
  • Low German: Kambodschaansch — language
  • Macedonian: кмерски јазик (kmerski jazik) — language
  • Malay: bahasa Khmer — language
  • Norwegian: khmer — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: khmer — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: khmer — language
  • Persian: زبان خمر (zabân-e xamer) — language
  • Polish: język khmerski — language
  • Portuguese: khmer — language
  • Portuguese: quemer — language
  • Portuguese: cambojano — language
  • Romanian: khmeră — language
  • Russian: кхме́рский (kxmérskij) — language
  • Russian: кхме́рский язы́к (kxmérskij jazýk) — language
  • Russian: камбоджи́йский (kambodžíjskij) — language
  • Slovak: kmérčina — language
  • Slovak: khmérčina — language
  • Upper Sorbian: khmeršćina — language
  • Spanish: jemer — language
  • Spanish: camboyano — language
  • Swedish: khmer — language
  • Swedish: kambodjanska — language
  • Tagalog: wikang Khmer — language
  • Tajik: кҳмерӣ (khmeri) — language
  • Thai: ภาษาเขมร (paa-sǎa kà-měen) — language
  • Thai: เขมร (kà-měen) — language
  • Turkish: Khmer — language
  • Ukrainian: кхме́рська (kxmérsʹka) — language
  • Ukrainian: кхме́рська мо́ва (kxmérsʹka móva) — language
  • Uzbek: kxmer — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Khơ-me — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Khmer — language
  • Walloon: xhmer — language
  • Welsh: Chmereg — language
  • Esperanto: kmero — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Finnish: khmer — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • German: Khmer — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Khmer: ខ្មែរ (khmêr) — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Khmer: ជនជាតិខ្មែរ (chônchéatĕ khmêr) — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Latvian: khmers — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Polish: Khmer — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Polish: Khmerka — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Romanian: khmer — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Romanian: khmeră — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Russian: кхмер (kxmer) — member of ethnolinguistic group
  • Russian: кхме́рка (kxmérka) — member of ethnolinguistic group
Real reading context

Khmer in complete knowledge articles