Cambodian
/kæmˈboʊdi.ən/adjective, noun
Cambodian is spelled C-A-M-B-O-D-I-A-N: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Cambodian means “of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Cambodian?
| Letters | 9: C-A-M-B-O-D-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Cambodian?
Cambodian appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Cambodian?
- UK /kæmˈbəʊdi.ən/
- British /kamˈbəwdɪjən/
- US /kæmˈboʊdi.ən/
Cambodian has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Cambodian.wav, En-us-Cambodia.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Cambodian?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Cambodian from its last stressed vowel (/oʊdiən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Cambodian
- Cambodians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Cambodian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language
noun
- 1
a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent
- 2
the language of the Cambodian people
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cambodian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cambodgien , Cambodgien, Cambodgienne |
| German | kambodschanisch , Kambodschaner, Kambodschanerin |
| Portuguese | cambojano , cambojana |
| Spanish | camboyano , camboyana |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Cambodian come from?
From Cambodia + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).