cambrer

Catalan

Etymology

From cambra (“room”) +‎ -er. Compare Spanish camarero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kəmˈbɾe̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [kəmˈbɾe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kamˈbɾeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kamˈbɾe]

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Noun

cambrer m (plural cambrers, feminine cambrera, feminine plural cambreres)

1. waiter

Derived terms

• cambreria

Further reading

• “cambrer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

Probably a derivative of cambre, itself from Picard or Norman, from Old Northern French, from Latin camur (whence also the Old French equivalent form chambre); less likely derived from Latin camerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.bʁe/

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Verb

cambrer

1. (transitive) to arch (one's back, feet, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cambrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cambrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cambrant /kɑ̃.bʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cambré /kɑ̃.bʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/	cambres /kɑ̃bʁ/	cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/	cambrons /kɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/	cambrez /kɑ̃.bʁe/	cambrent /kɑ̃bʁ/
	imperfect	cambrais /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/	cambrais /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/	cambrait /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/	cambrions /kɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/	cambriez /kɑ̃.bʁi.je/	cambraient /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/
	past historic2	cambrai /kɑ̃.bʁe/	cambras /kɑ̃.bʁa/	cambra /kɑ̃.bʁa/	cambrâmes /kɑ̃.bʁam/	cambrâtes /kɑ̃.bʁat/	cambrèrent /kɑ̃.bʁɛʁ/
	future	cambrerai /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/	cambreras /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/	cambrera /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/	cambrerons /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/	cambrerez /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/	cambreront /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cambrerais /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/	cambrerais /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/	cambrerait /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/	cambrerions /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	cambreriez /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁje/	cambreraient /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/	cambres /kɑ̃bʁ/	cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/	cambrions /kɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/	cambriez /kɑ̃.bʁi.je/	cambrent /kɑ̃bʁ/
	imperfect2	cambrasse /kɑ̃.bʁas/	cambrasses /kɑ̃.bʁas/	cambrât /kɑ̃.bʁa/	cambrassions /kɑ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/	cambrassiez /kɑ̃.bʁa.sje/	cambrassent /kɑ̃.bʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/	—	cambrons /kɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/	cambrez /kɑ̃.bʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• cambrure

Further reading

• “cambrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012