Used in a Sentence

cambodian

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cambodian.

Editorial note

She's of Cambodian descent, and whenever she has to talk to her mom, her mom can only understand her English if she affects this incredibly thick Cambodian accent.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cambodian gathered in one view.

adjective

of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language

noun

(countable) a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent

noun

(uncountable) the language of the Cambodian people

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cambodian.

adjective

of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language

noun

(countable) a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent

noun

(uncountable) the language of the Cambodian people

Example sentences

1

She's of Cambodian descent, and whenever she has to talk to her mom, her mom can only understand her English if she affects this incredibly thick Cambodian accent.

2

My daughter has Cambodian citizenship, but I never bothered to apply for a Cambodian passport for her, since her US passport is totally sufficient.

3

Also, just declaring that Cambodian workers will get $7 an hour wouldn't just magically spill money into the workers.

4

Just as it would be insensitive to do so by cashing in on the Cambodian genocide.

5

Indeed the Cambodian Communist party was an offshoot of Viet Nam's People's Army (the armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam).

6

I posted this before: Clearly the Cambodian and Indochina people went through an awful period.

7

If Cambodian labourers unionize and become more expensive, the business could easily move to the next third-world country, leaving them economically worse off than before.

8

We live in a Cambodian neighborhood in the United States.

9

Yes, the Cambodian government has problems, some very big problems.

10

How about Cambodian Civil War: what was Pol Pot's religion?

11

Unfortunately though, a Cambodian passport is almost worthless.

12

I was just trying to be nicer in my criticism because I'm less familiar with Cambodian culture than I am with East Asian culture(s).

Quote examples

1

Consider the full quote starting "If a serious study of the impact of Western imperialism on Cambodian peasant life is someday undertaken...".

2

What's your views on Chomsky's defense of the Khmer Rouge, and his argument that the evidence for the Cambodian genocide was "third-rate propaganda"?

3

The "Stimulus Program" (The $5 Personal License from back in April) raised north of $100K and provided a year of education / costs for 68 Cambodian girls, helped build some libraries, and published a story book.

4

His detractors in the 1970s, who argued that Chomsky minimized the extent of the Cambodian massacre, did not justify their "low quality arguments" (as you term them now) by saying that the implications of Chomsky being right were unthinkable.

Proper noun examples

1

Until she started preschool last September, virtually everyone except myself talked to her in Cambodian.

2

For her, everyone spoke Cambodian, and then some of them also spoke English.

3

The aircraft would also have had to fly through Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese airspaces, twice in Vietnamese's case, before getting into Chinese airspace.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cambodian in a sentence?

She's of Cambodian descent, and whenever she has to talk to her mom, her mom can only understand her English if she affects this incredibly thick Cambodian accent.

What does cambodian mean?

of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language

What part of speech is cambodian?

cambodian is commonly used as adjective, noun.