Khmer

[kmair, kuh-mair]

noun

1. a member of a people in Cambodia whose ancestors established an empire about the 5th century a.d. and who reached their zenith during the 9th to the 12th centuries when they dominated most of Indochina.

2. an Austroasiatic language that is the official language of Cambodia.

Khmer

/ kmɜː, kmɛə /

noun

1. a member of a people of Cambodia, noted for a civilization that flourished from about 800 _ad to about 1370, remarkable for its architecture

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family: the official language of Cambodia

adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Other Word Forms

• Khmerian adjective

Example Sentences

He told Johnson about watching his baby sister starve to death and being orphaned by the Khmer Rouge.

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Voters can choose to get election information in English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai or Vietnamese by calling the phone numbers listed here or by using these online options to get help.

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From the start Hun Sen posted constantly, in Khmer and English, on his Facebook page, taunting the Thai government, along with photos that showed him in army uniform or poring over military maps.

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In Cambodia, where the press is severely restricted, the pro-state Khmer Times quoted a defence ministry spokesperson who said about 135,000 people along the border were relocated on Sunday.

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Thai nationalists decry what they say is cultural theft by "Claimbodia", while their Khmer counterparts have dubbed them "Siamese thieves".

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