how to pronounce khmer

/kəˈmɛəɹ/

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khmer is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of khmer in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… uh bosnia cambodia under the khmer rouge …”

meanings of khmer

noun:

The national language of Cambodia, part of the Mon-Khmer language family.
A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
An abugida used to write the Khmer language and sometimes Pali.

adjective:

Of or pertaining to Khmer people or their language.

khmer frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word khmer occurs in english on average 3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.