antechamber

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English

Etymology

ante- +‎ chamber

Pronunciation

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Noun

antechamber (plural antechambers)

A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Arthur A. Levine Books (2005), 558,
  "This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall," said Dumbledore after a moment or two.

Synonyms

anteroom

Translations

small room

Bulgarian: чакалня (čakalnja), вестибюл (bg) (vestibjul)
Catalan: avantcambra f, avantsala f
Czech: předsíň (cs) f
French: antichambre (fr) f
Hungarian: előszoba (hu)
Ido: avanchambro (io)
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Italian: anticamera (it)
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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
Swedish: förrum n
Telugu: మొగసాల (te) (mogasāla)

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