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Cambodian
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English
Alternative forms
en Cambogian obsolete
Etymology
en :af Cambodia -n + 1
Pronunciation
en /kæmˈbəʊdi.ən/ RP
en /kamˈbəwdɪjən/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cambodian.wav Southern England
en /kæmˈboʊdi.ən/ US
en En-us-Cambodia.ogg US
en /kæmˈbəʉdi.ən/ AU
en /kɛmˈbɐʉdi.ən/ NZ
en /kamˈbode.ən/ /-dɪ.ən/ /-di.ən/ Scotland
en /kamˈboːdi.ən/ Wales
Adjective
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Of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language.
en 8 October 2026 Tom Grundy Inside the £1-an-hour official football shirt factories https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2lggyz2wgo BBC Sport Adidas said average net wages across a sample of its Cambodian suppliers were 34% above the Anker Research Institute's living-wage benchmark, adding staff were "usually paid considerably higher than the local minimum wage". 8 October 2026
en Kampuchean Khmer
Derived terms
en Cambodianness
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language
Afrikaans: af Kambodjaans
Albanian: sq kamboxhian
Armenian: hy կամբոջական
Asturian: ast camboyanu
Basque: eu kanbodiar
Belarusian: be камбаджы́йскі
Bulgarian: bg камбоджа́нски
Burmese: my ကမ္ဘောဒီးယား
Catalan: ca cambodjà
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 柬埔寨 Jiǎnpǔzhài de 柬埔寨的
Czech: cs kambodžský
Danish: da cambodjansk, da cambodiansk
Dutch: nl Cambodjaans
Finnish: fi kambodžalainen, fi khmerinkielinen of language
French: fr cambodgien m
Galician: gl cambodjano m
Georgian: ka კამბოჯური
German: de kambodschanisch
Greek: el καμποτζιανός
Hindi: hi कंबोडियाई
Icelandic: is kambódískur
Irish: ga Cambódach
Italian: it cambogiano
Japanese: ja カンボジア Kambojia no カンボジアの, ja カンボディア Kambodia no カンボディアの
Khmer: km ខ្មែរ, km កម្ពុជា
Korean: ko 캄보디아 ^캄보디아-의
Lao: lo ກຳພູຊາ, lo ກຳປູເຈຍ
Macedonian: mk камбоџански
Malay: ms Kemboja
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kambodsjansk
Nynorsk: nn kambodsjansk, nn kampuchansk, nn kampucheansk
Polish: pl kambodżański
Portuguese: pt cambojano
Romanian: ro cambodgian, ro khmer
Russian: ru камбоджи́йский, ru кхме́рский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh камбо̀џа̄нскӣ
Latin: sh kambòdžānskī
Slovak: sk kambodžský
Slovene: sl kamboški
Spanish: es camboyano
Thai: th กัมพูชา, th เขมร
Ukrainian: uk камбоджі́йський
Vietnamese: vi Căm Bốt, vi Cao Miên
Welsh: cy Cambodiaidd, cy Chmeraidd language
Noun
~
en countable A person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent.
en uncountable The language of the Cambodian people.
en Khmer
Translations
a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent
Afrikaans: af Kambodjaan
Albanian: sq kamboxhian m, sq kamboxhiane f
Asturian: ast camboyanu m, ast camboyana f
Belarusian: be камбаджы́ец m, be камбаджы́йка m
Bulgarian: bg камбоджа́нец m, bg камбоджа́нка f
Catalan: ca cambodjà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 柬埔寨人 jiǎnpǔzhàirén
Czech: cs Kambodžan m, cs Kambodžanka f
Danish: da cambodjaner c, da cambodianer c
Dutch: nl Cambodjaan m, nl Cambodjaanse f
Estonian: et kambodžalane
Finnish: fi kambodžalainen
French: fr Cambodgien, fr Cambodgienne f
Galician: gl cambodjano m
German: de Kambodschaner m, de Kambodschanerin f
Greek: el Καμποτζιανός m, el Καμποτζιανή f
Hindi: hi कंबोडियाई m f
Irish: ga Cambódach m
Italian: it cambogiano m, it cambogiana f
Japanese: ja カンボジア人 カンボジアじん, kanbojiajin
Jarai: jra Kur
Khmer: km ខ្មែរ kmae, km កម្ពោជិក, km កម្ពោជិកា female
Korean: ko 캄보디아인, ko 캄보디아 사람
Macedonian: mk Камбоџанец m, mk Камбоџанка f
Malay: ms orang Kemboja
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kambodsjaner m
Nynorsk: nn kambodsjan m, nn kambodsjanar m, nn kampuchean m, nn kampucheanar m
Polish: pl Kambodżanin m, pl Kambodżanka f
Portuguese: pt cambojano m, pt cambojana f
Romanian: ro cambodgian m, ro cambodgiană f, ro khmer m, ro khmeră f
Russian: ru камбоджи́ец m, ru камбоджи́йка f, ru кхмер m, ru кхме́рка f
Slovak: sk Kambodžan m, sk Kambodžanka f
Spanish: es camboyano m, es camboyana f
Swedish: sv kambodjan c
Ukrainian: uk камбоджі́єць m, uk камбоджі́йка f
Welsh: cy Cambodiad m f
the language of the Cambodian people Khmer
Further reading
khm
en Cambodia Ethnonyms Nationalities