เค็ม

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word เค็ม. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word เค็ม, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say เค็ม in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word เค็ม you have here. The definition of the word เค็ม will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofเค็ม, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: เคมี

Thai

Etymology

From Old Chinese (OC *ɡrɯːm, “salty”) or (OC *ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams, “salt, salty”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩮ᩠ᨾ, Lao ເຄັມ (khem), ᦋᦲᧄ (tsiim), Tai Dam ꪹꪁꪸꪣ, Shan ၸဵမ်း (tsáem), Phake ꩡ်ံ (cṃ) or ꩡိမ် (cim), Ahom 𑜀𑜧𑜪 (kawṃ) or 𑜀𑜢𑜉𑜫 (kim), Zuojiang Zhuang keemz, Saek แค๊ม.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเค็ม
e g ˘ m
RomanizationPaiboonkem
Royal Institutekhem
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰem˧/(R)

Adjective

เค็ม (kem) (abstract noun ความเค็ม)

  1. salty; salted.
  2. (slang) stingy; miserly; penurious; niggardly.

Derived terms

See also

Basic tastes in Thai · รส หรือ รสชาติ (layout · text)
หวาน (wǎan) เปรี้ยว (bprîao),
ส้ม (sôm)
เค็ม (kem) ขม (kǒm) เผ็ด (pèt) อูมามิ (uu-maa-mí)