Khmer
/kəˈmɛː/US/kəˈmɛɹ/
Khmer proper noun: the national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
Proper noun
Khmer
Noun
Khmer (plural Khmers or Khmer)
- A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
- Synonyms:
- Cambodian, Kampuchean
Adjective
Khmer (comparative more Khmer, superlative most Khmer)
- Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.
Khmer meaning in Hindi, Gujarati, Tagalog and Arabic
Khmer in Hindi
- language
- ख्मेर khmer
- of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
- ख्मेर khmer
Khmer in Gujarati
- language
- ખ્મેર khmer
Khmer in Tagalog
- language
- wikang Khmer
Khmer in Arabic
- language
- لُغَة خِمِيرِيَّة luḡa ḵimīriyya, خِمِيرِيَّة ḵimīriyya
- of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
- خِمِيرِيّ ḵimīriyy
More languagesFewer languages
- Khmer in Malay
- bahasa Khmer
- Khmer in Indonesian
- bahasa Khmer
- Khmer in Persian
- زبان خمر zabân-e xamer, خمر xamer
- Khmer in Thai
- ภาษาเขมร paa-sǎa kà-měen, เขมร kà-měen
- Khmer in Vietnamese
- tiếng Khơ-me, tiếng Khmer, Khơ-me
- Khmer in Myanmar
- ခမာ hka.ma, ခမာဘာသာ hka.mabhasa
Synonyms of Khmer
Forms of Khmer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Khmers |
| plural | Khmer |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Khmer |
| superlative | most Khmer |
Origin of Khmer
From the French romanization of Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).
Words formed from Khmer
Phrases with Khmer
Words that rhyme with Khmer
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about Khmer
- What does Khmer mean?
- Khmer means the national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
- What is Khmer in Hindi?
- Khmer in Hindi is ख्मेर (khmer). See Khmer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Khmer?
- Khmer can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Khmer?
- Khmer is pronounced /kəˈmɛɹ/ (US).
Words near Khmer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Khmer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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