នំប៉័ង
num pang
The Khmer word for bread is នំប៉័ង (num pang). Wiktionary also lists នំប៉ុង (numpong).
Meaning: baked dough made from cereals (noun)
Ways to say it
| Khmer | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| នំប៉័ង | num pang |
| នំប៉ុង | numpong |
The word refers to baked dough made from cereals.
What does it mean word for word?
នំប៉័ង is a compound of នំ (num), meaning cake or pastry and ប៉័ង (pang), which is a loanword from the French word 'pain'.
How do you pronounce it?
num pang
Did you know?
- While នំប៉័ង translates to 'bread', it specifically refers to the French-style baguette. Other types of bread or buns may be referred to using different terms depending on their shape and origin.
- The word នំប៉័ង is often used in Cambodia to refer to a full meal, as the baguette is frequently stuffed with meat, pickled vegetables and pate.
- Because នំប៉័ង uses the word នំ, it is linguistically categorized alongside cakes, pastries, and traditional snacks rather than just a staple grain product.
Examples in context
- ម្សៅត្រូវបានធ្វើទៅជានំប៉័ង។Flour is made into bread.This sentence shows how flour is used to create នំប៉័ង.Tatoeba #11485978 by Vethya, translation #267674 by CK
- នំប៉័ងត្រូវបានធ្វើឡើងពីម្សៅ។Bread is made from flour.This sentence demonstrates that នំប៉័ង is made using flour.Tatoeba #11485853 by Vethya, translation #34927 by CK
- ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តញ៉ាំនំប៉័ងនៅពេលព្រឹក។khnom chol chet nham nom pang nov pel prek.I like to eat bread in the morning.
Example conversation
Vibol and Sreney are talking about breakfast at home.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyវិបុល តើបងចង់ញ៉ាំអ្វីសម្រាប់ពេលព្រឹក?Vibol, tae bong chong nham avei samrab pel pruek?Vibol, what do you want to eat for breakfast?
- វិបុល Vibolបងចង់ញ៉ាំនំប៉័ង។bong chong nham nom pang.I want to eat bread.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyតើបងចង់បាននំប៉័ងលីង ឬនំប៉័ងបារាំង?tae bong chong ban nom pang ling reu nom pang barang?Do you want sliced bread or a baguette?
- វិបុល Vibolនំប៉័ងបារាំងក៏បាន ស្រីនី។nom pang barang kor ban, Sreney.A baguette is fine, Sreney.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “bread” translations and entries នំប៉័ង, នំប៉ុង, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
