អង់គ្លេស
ʼɑngkleih
អង់គ្លេស (ʼɑngkleih) is the Khmer word for English.
The word អង់គ្លេស is used to refer to the English language and also serves as an adjective meaning of or pertaining to England or the English language.
Meaning: the English language (name)
What does it mean word for word?
When using the formal term ភាសាអង់គ្លេស, the word ភាសា means 'language'.
Which one should you use?
While អង់គ្លេស can function as both a noun and an adjective, the specific phrase ភាសាអង់គ្លេស is used to explicitly mean the English language.
Related words
How do you pronounce it?
ʼɑngkleih
Did you know?
- The word អង់គ្លេស sounds remarkably similar to the French word 'anglais', because it was borrowed directly from French rather than from the English word itself.
- In many Khmer contexts, when people say they want to go to 'England', they might use អង់គ្លេស to refer to any Western country or Europe in general, depending on the speaker's background.
- The script used to write អង់គ្លេស is an abugida, meaning each consonant has an inherent vowel that is modified by the marks seen around the letters.
Examples in context
- គាត់និយាយអង់គ្លេសញាប់ ។He speaks English fluently.The sentence is useful for describing how someone uses the word អង់គ្លេស.Tatoeba #4595375 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #288084 by CK
- តើអ្នកចេះនិយាយភាសាអង់គ្លេសទេ?Do you speak English?The sentence is useful for asking if someone can speak អង់គ្លេស.Tatoeba #3780587 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #378270 by saeb
- ភាសាអង់គ្លេសត្រូវបាននិយាយនៅប្រទេសសិង្ហបុរី។English is spoken in Singapore.The sentence is useful for stating where the word អង់គ្លេស is spoken.Tatoeba #2909084 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #52480 by CK
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Example conversation
Chinta and Sok are talking about a language class.
- ចិន្តា Chindaតើអ្នកចង់រៀនភាសាអង់គ្លេសទេ?tae neak chong rien pheasa anglais te?Do you want to learn English?
- សុខ Sokបាទ ខ្ញុំចង់រៀនអង់គ្លេស។bat khnhom chong rien anglais.Yes, I want to learn English.
- ចិន្តា Chindaល្អណាស់! ភាសាអង់គ្លេសមានប្រយោជន៍ណាស់។la-or nah! pheasa anglais mean prayoch nah.Very good! English is very useful.
- សុខ Sokពិតមែនហើយ តើអ្នកចេះអង់គ្លេសទេ?pit men haey tae neak cheh anglais te?That's true. Do you know English?
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry អង់គ្លេស, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries អង់គ្លេស, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
