chambre

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See also: chambré and chàmbre

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

chambre (plural chambres)

  1. Obsolete spelling of chamber

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Bourguignon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin camera.

Noun[edit]

chambre f (plural chambres)

  1. room

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃bʁ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

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.

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Descendants[edit]

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

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

chambre (plural chambres)

  1. room; chamber
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Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

chambre

  1. Alternative form of caumber

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

chambre f (plural chambres)

  1. (Jersey) bedroom

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cambra, Medieval spelling of camera (room), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).

Noun[edit]

chambre oblique singularf (oblique plural chambres, nominative singular chambre, nominative plural chambres)

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

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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃambɾe/ [ˈt͡ʃãm.bɾe]
  • Rhymes: -ambɾe
  • Syllabification: cham‧bre

Noun[edit]

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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