antechamber

English

Alternative forms

• antichamber

Etymology

From Middle French antichambre, with remodelling after ante- and chamber. By surface analysis, ante- +‎ chamber.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/, /ˈæn.tɪˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

antechamber (plural antechambers)

2. A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.

   Synonyms: anteroom, foreroom

   • 1981, Lawrence Kasdan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Belloq:

     Who knows. Perhaps the Ark is still waiting in some antechamber for us to discover. Perhaps there's some vital bit of evidence which eludes us. Perhaps…

   • 2005 July 16, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter; 6), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     "This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall," said Dumbledore after a moment or two.

3. (botany) The space immediately below the guard cells of a stoma.

Derived terms

• antechambered

Translations

small room

• Arabic: غُرْفَة الاِنْتِظَار m (ḡurfa(t) al-intiẓār)
• Belarusian: вітальня f (vitalʹnja)
• Bulgarian: чакалня (bg) (čakalnja), вестибюл (bg) (vestibjul)
• Catalan: avantcambra f, avantsala f
• Czech: předsíň (cs) f, předpokoj m
• Danish: forrum n, forlokale n
• Dutch: voorkamer (nl) f
• Esperanto: antaŭĉambro
• Finnish: eteinen (fi), etuhuone
• French: antichambre (fr) f
• German: Vorraum (de) m, Vorzimmer (de) n, Vorkammer (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: θυρών m (thurṓn)

• Hungarian: előszoba (hu)
• Ido: avanchambro (io)
• Italian: anticamera (it)
• Macedonian: пре́тсобје n (prétsobje)
• Norwegian: forkammer (no) n
• Polish: przedpokój (pl) m
• Portuguese: antecâmara (pt) f
• Russian: прихо́жая (ru) f (prixóžaja)
• Scottish Gaelic: mach-sheòmar m, roimh-sheòmar m, ro-sheòmar m, seòmar-aghaidh m, seòmar-toisich m
• Silesian: antryj m
• Spanish: antecámara (es) f, antesala (es) f, recibimiento (es) m
• Swedish: förrum n
• Telugu: మొగసాల (te) (mogasāla)
• Turkish: antre (tr)
• Welsh: rhagystafell f