អាតូមិក
atomik
The English word "atomic" is translated into Khmer as អាតូមិក (atomik).
The term អាតូមិក is an adjective used to describe things relating to, or employing, nuclear energy or atomic processes.
Meaning: of, or employing nuclear energy or processes (adj)
How do you pronounce it?
atomik
Did you know?
- Because Cambodia has no nuclear power plants, the word អាតូមិក is almost exclusively encountered in textbooks or international news rather than in practical daily life.
- The word អាតូមិក is a direct phonetic loanword from English, meaning its sound and structure are almost identical to the English 'atomic'.
- The Khmer script used to write អាតូមិក employs specific vowel signs to mimic the English 'o' and 'i' sounds, which are not native to the original Khmer phonetic system.
Example conversation
Maly and Narong are discussing a science news report.
- ណារ៉ុង Narongតើអ្នកបានអានអំពីថាមពលអាតូមិកទេ?tae neak ban an ompi thamepol atomic te?Did you read about atomic energy?
- ម៉ាលី Malyបាទ ខ្ញុំបានអានវាកាលពីម្សិលមិញ។bat khnom ban an vea kal pi msel mnhy.Yes, I read it yesterday.
- ណារ៉ុង Narongតើវាមានគ្រោះថ្នាក់ខ្លាំងទេ?tae vea mean krouh thnak khlang te?Is it very dangerous?
- ម៉ាលី Malyវាអាស្រ័យលើរបៀបដែលគេប្រើវា។vea asray leu robieb del ke prae vea.It depends on how it is used.
