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English
Noun
chambre (plural chambres)
- Obsolete spelling of chamber.
See also
Anagrams
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin camera.
Noun
chambre f (plural chambres)
- room
Champenois
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chambre, Latin cambra.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.b(r)/
Noun
chambre f (plural chambres)
- (Troyen) room
- bedroom
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne) (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (in French), Troyes
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chambre, cambre, from Latin cambra, Medieval spelling of Latin camera (“room”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “something with an arched cover: a covered wagon, a covered boat, a vaulted chamber”). Doublet of caméra, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
chambre f (plural chambres)
- a chamber in its various senses, including:
- a room.
- a hotel room.
- a bedroom.
- a house of a parliament.
Usage notes
- In the context of a house or building, used mainly for bedrooms.
Derived terms
Descendants
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, camara, from Ancient Greek κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ (kamárā).
Pronunciation
- (retention of schwa) IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbrə/, /ˈtʃambrə/, /ˈtʃau̯mbrə/
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbər/, /ˈtʃambər/, /ˈtʃau̯mbər/
Noun
chambre (plural chambres)
- room; chamber
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Adjective
chambre
- Alternative form of caumber
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French chambre, from Old French chambre, from Latin camera.
Pronunciation
Noun
chambre f (plural chambres)
- (Jersey) bedroom
Old French
Etymology
From Latin cambra, Medieval spelling of camera (“room”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).
Noun
chambre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chambres, nominative singular chambre, nominative plural chambres)
- room
- chamber (of a building)
- bedroom, sleeping quarters
Derived terms
Descendants
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃambɾe/
- Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: cham‧bre
Noun
chambre m (plural chambres)
- (El Salvador) gossip.
- Synonym: chisme
Te voy a contar un chambre sobre Ana.- I'm going to tell you a gossip about Ana.
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