kamer

See also: Kamer and kamēr

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kamer, from Middle Dutch cāmere (“room, barn, house”), from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera (“room, vault”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.mər/

Noun

kamer (plural kamers, diminutive kamertjie)

1. A room, a chamber.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkamɛr/

Noun

1. genitive plural of kamera

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cāmere (“room, barn, house”), from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera (“room, vault”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.mər/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧mer
• Rhymes: -aːmər

Noun

kamer f (plural kamers, diminutive kamertje n)

1. A room, a chamber.
   1. (with the user or owner specified) A bedroom.

      Synonym: slaapkamer

   2. (Netherlands, with the definite article, often not specified) A living room.

      Synonyms: huiskamer, living, woonkamer

   3. (Netherlands, historical, dated, with the definite article) A special, more luxurious living room (formerly) reserved for use on Sundays and holidays, found in old houses that were inhabited by relatively affluent people.

      Synonyms: bestekamer, goede kamer, pronkkamer, zondagskamer

2. A chamber of a gun.
3. A chamber of parliament (legislative body).
4. (chiefly Netherlands) A non-campus residence for students.

   Synonyms: kot, studentenkamer, studentenkot

Derived terms

• achterkamer
• badkamer
• eetkamer
• kamermuziek
• kamerolifant
• kamerstuk
• slaapkamer
• studentenkamer
• tuinkamer
• woonkamer
• zitkamer
• zolderkamer

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kamer
• → Indonesian: kamar

Anagrams

• maker

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَمَر (qamar).

Noun

kamer (definite accusative kameri, plural kamerler)

1. (archaic) moon

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kamer
Definite accusative	kameri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kamer	kamerler
Definite accusative	kameri	kamerleri
Dative	kamere	kamerlere
Locative	kamerde	kamerlerde
Ablative	kamerden	kamerlerden
Genitive	kamerin	kamerlerin

Synonyms

• Ay