Meanings
proper noun
nounKhmer (plural Khmers or Khmer)
plural Khmers
- A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
Synonyms: Cambodian, Kampuchean
adjectiveKhmer (comparative more Khmer, superlative most Khmer)
comparative more Khmer · superlative most Khmer
- Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
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Origin
- Khmerខ្មែរ
- EnglishKhmer
From the French romanization of Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).
More words from Khmer
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Khmer, Kambodjaans
- Khmerlanguage
- Kambodjaanslanguage
Arabic لُغَة خِمِيرِيَّة, خِمِيرِيَّة
- لُغَة خِمِيرِيَّة (luḡa ḵimīriyya)language
- خِمِيرِيَّة (ḵimīriyya)language
- خِمِيرِيّ (ḵimīriyy)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Bulgarian кхме́рски ези́к, кхме́рски
- кхме́рски ези́к (khmérski ezík)language
- кхме́рски (khmérski)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Catalan cambodjà, khmer
- cambodjàlanguage
- khmerlanguage
Chinese Mandarin 高棉語 /高棉语, 高棉文
- 高棉語 /高棉语 (gāomiányǔ)language
- 高棉文 (gāomiánwén)language
- 高棉 (gāomián)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Czech khmerština, kambodžština
- khmerštinalanguage
- kambodžštinalanguage
Danish khmer
- khmerlanguage
Dutch Khmer, Cambodjaans
- Khmerlanguage
- Cambodjaanslanguage
- khmerof or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Esperanto kmera lingvo, kmero
- kmera lingvolanguage
- kmeromember of ethnolinguistic group
- kmeraof or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Finnish khmer, khmerin kieli
- khmerlanguage
- khmerin kielilanguage
- khmermember of ethnolinguistic group
French cambodgien, khmer
- cambodgienlanguage
- khmerlanguage
- khmerof or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
German Kambodschanisch, Khmer-Sprache
- Kambodschanischlanguage
- Khmer-Sprachelanguage
- Khmerlanguage
- Khmermember of ethnolinguistic group
- Khmerof or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Greek Χμερ
- Χμερ (Chmer)language
Hebrew קמרית
- קמריתlanguage
Hindi ख्मेर, ख्मेर
- ख्मेर (khmer)language
- ख्मेर (khmer)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Hungarian khmer
- khmerlanguage
Indonesian bahasa Khmer
- bahasa Khmerlanguage
Irish Ciméiris, Cambóidis
- Ciméirislanguage
- Cambóidislanguage
Italian khmer
- khmerlanguage
Japanese クメール語, クメール
- クメール語 (kumērugo)language
- クメール (kumēru)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Korean 크메르어, 크메르
- 크메르어 (keumereueo)language
- 크메르 (keumereu)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Latvian khmeru valoda, khmers
- khmeru valodalanguage
- khmersmember of ethnolinguistic group
- khmeruof or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Malay bahasa Khmer
- bahasa Khmerlanguage
Norwegian khmer
- khmerlanguage
Norwegian Bokmål khmer
- khmerlanguage
Persian زبان خمر, خمر
- زبان خمر (zabân-e xamer)language
- خمر (xamer)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Polish język khmerski, Khmer
- język khmerskilanguage
- Khmermember of ethnolinguistic group
- Khmerkamember of ethnolinguistic group
- khmerskiof or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Portuguese khmer, quemer
- khmerlanguage
- quemerlanguage
- cambojanolanguage
Romanian khmeră, khmer
- khmerălanguage
- khmermember of ethnolinguistic group
- khmerămember of ethnolinguistic group
- khmerof or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Russian кхме́рский, кхме́рский язы́к
- кхме́рский (kxmérskij)language
- кхме́рский язы́к (kxmérskij jazýk)language
- камбоджи́йский (kambodžíjskij)language
- кхмер (kxmer)member of ethnolinguistic group
- кхме́рка (kxmérka)member of ethnolinguistic group
- кхме́рский (kxmérskij)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Slovak kmérčina, khmérčina
- kmérčinalanguage
- khmérčinalanguage
Spanish jemer, camboyano
- jemerlanguage
- camboyanolanguage
Swedish khmer, kambodjanska
- khmerlanguage
- kambodjanskalanguage
Tagalog wikang Khmer
- wikang Khmerlanguage
Thai ภาษาเขมร, เขมร
- ภาษาเขมร (paa-sǎa kà-měen)language
- เขมร (kà-měen)language
- เขมร (kà-měen)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Turkish Khmer
- Khmerlanguage
Ukrainian кхме́рська, кхме́рська мо́ва
- кхме́рська (kxmérsʹka)language
- кхме́рська мо́ва (kxmérsʹka móva)language
- кхме́рський (kxmérsʹkyj)of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Vietnamese tiếng Khơ-me, tiếng Khmer
- tiếng Khơ-melanguage
- tiếng Khmerlanguage
- Khơ-meof or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language
Welsh Chmereg
- Chmereglanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Khmer
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Khmer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khmer
MLA
“Khmer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khmer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Khmer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khmer.
Source: Khmer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.