khmer
French, noun
khmer is spelled K-H-M-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Khmer is a French masculine noun meaning “Khmer (the national language of Cambodia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Khmer is a different word: “a Khmer person”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue du groupe des langues môn-khmères de la famille des langues austroasiatiques, parlée principalement au…”.
What does khmer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineKhmer (the national language of Cambodia)
adjective
- 1
Khmer
noun
- 1
masculinea Khmer person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue du groupe des langues môn-khmères de la famille des langues austroasiatiques, parlée principalement au Cambodge.
noun: 1. Synonyme d’himalayen (race de chat).
adjective: 1. Qui concerne les Khmers (peuple) ou le khmer (langue). 2. En lien avec une race de chats.
noun: 1. Ethnie majoritaire du Cambodge, constituant 90 % de la population cambodgienne, avec une population de 16 millions dans le monde entier.
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 khmer
- Khmers plural
- Khmère feminine
- khmère feminine
- khmers masculine plural
- khmères feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to khmer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is khmer in French?
khmer appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).