"cham" meaning in French

See cham in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: chame [feminine], chams [masculine, plural], chames [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Chăm, from Eastern Cham Cam. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|vi|Chăm}} Borrowed from Vietnamese Chăm, {{der|fr|cjm|Cam}} Eastern Cham Cam Head templates: {{fr-adj}} cham (feminine chame, masculine plural chams, feminine plural chames)
  1. Cham
    Sense id: en-cham-fr-adj-1j0RAlcg Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Hainan, China, Vietnam Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 1 9 15 11 19 23 1 1 1 15 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 6 10 7 26 25 1 1 1 21 1 Disambiguation of Hainan, China: 48 40 11 Disambiguation of Vietnam: 49 41 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Cambodia Disambiguation of Cambodia: 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: chams [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Chăm, from Eastern Cham Cam. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|vi|Chăm}} Borrowed from Vietnamese Chăm, {{der|fr|cjm|Cam}} Eastern Cham Cam Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} cham m (plural chams)
  1. Cham (language) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cham-fr-noun-6E~mWa8S Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, Demonyms, Hainan, China, Languages, Vietnam Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 1 9 15 11 19 23 1 1 1 15 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 6 10 7 26 25 1 1 1 21 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 28 71 1 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 43 54 3 Disambiguation of Hainan, China: 48 40 11 Disambiguation of Languages: 19 76 5 Disambiguation of Vietnam: 49 41 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Cambodia Disambiguation of Cambodia: 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: chams [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han, “khan”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|ota|خان|t=khan|tr=han}} Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han, “khan”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} cham m (plural chams)
  1. obsolete form of khan (“khan”) Tags: alt-of, masculine, obsolete Alternative form of: khan (extra: khan)
    Sense id: en-cham-fr-noun-vHHCLBOY Categories (other): Hainan, China, Vietnam Disambiguation of Hainan, China: 48 40 11 Disambiguation of Vietnam: 49 41 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Cambodia Disambiguation of Cambodia: 0 0 0
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