chambre

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See also: chambré and chàmbre

English

Noun

chambre (plural chambres)

  1. Obsolete spelling of chamber

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin camera.

Noun

chambre f (plural chambres)

  1. room

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

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃bʁ/
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Noun

chambre f (plural chambres)

  1. a chamber in its various senses, including:
    1. a room.
    2. a hotel room.
    3. a bedroom.
    4. a house of a parliament.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: chanm
  • Haitian Creole: chanm
  • → Norman: chambre, chàmbre
  • → Algerian Arabic: شمبرة (šambra)
  • → Vietnamese: săm

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, camara, from Ancient Greek κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ (kamárā).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (retention of schwa) IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbrə/, /ˈtʃambrə/, /ˈtʃau̯mbrə/
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbər/, /ˈtʃambər/, /ˈtʃau̯mbər/

Noun

chambre (plural chambres)

  1. room; chamber
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Etymology 2

Adjective

chambre

  1. Alternative form of caumber

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French chambre, from Old French chambre, from Latin camera.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun

chambre f (plural chambres)

  1. (Jersey) bedroom

Old French

Alternative forms

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)

  1. room
  2. chamber (of a building)
  3. bedroom, sleeping quarters

Derived terms

Descendants

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃambɾe/
  • Rhymes: -ambɾe
  • Syllabification: cham‧bre

Noun

chambre m (plural chambres)

  1. (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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