cham
French, noun
cham is spelled C-H-A-M (4 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,653rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cham is a French masculine noun meaning “Cham (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Cham is a different word: “A Cham person”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue austronésienne parlée dans le sud du Vietnam et au Cambodge”.
What does cham mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Cham
noun
- 1
masculineCham (language)
noun
- 1
masculineA Cham person
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of Chams
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Chams.
noun: 1. Langue austronésienne parlée dans le sud du Vietnam et au Cambodge.
noun: 1. Variante de khan.
noun: 1. Groupe ethnique du Cambodge et du Viet-Nam parlant la langue cham.
noun: 1. Classe à horaires aménagés musique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cham
- chame feminine
- chams masculine plural
- chames feminine plural
- Chams plural
- cam
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cham
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cham in French?
cham appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).