Khmer
pronunciation
How to pronounce Khmer in British English:
UK [kmeə(r)]
How to pronounce Khmer in American English:
US [kmer]
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- Noun:
- the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia
- a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
Word Origin
- Khmer
- 1867, native name. Khmer Rouge, communist party of Cambodia, literally "Red Khmer," is with French rouge (see rouge (n.)).
Example
- 1. She insisted at first ( through my khmer interpreter ) that she was free and not controlled by the guesthouse .
- 2. Vietnamese invaders toppled the khmer rouge in 1979 , ushering in further instability .
- 3. The cambodian site of angkor is the ancient capital of the powerful khmer empire .
- 4. He was willing to do things and go to places that most international bureaucrats would have found too risky : bringing the khmer rouge to the negotiating table was a high point .
- 5. The immediate reason for the sit-in is the recent flare-up of a border dispute with cambodia involving an ancient khmer temple , preah vihear .