chambre
English edit
Noun edit
chambre (plural chambres)
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Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
chambre f (plural chambres)
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
Noun edit
chambre f (plural chambres)
Derived terms edit
- arrière-chambre
- chambre à air
- chambre à bain
- chambre à coucher
- chambre à gaz
- chambre basse
- chambre de combustion
- chambre de combustion
- Chambre des communes
- chambre d’ami
- chambre d’hôte
- chambre haute
- chambre magmatique
- chambre noire
- chambre opératoire
- chambre-forte
- chambrée
- chambrette
- chambrier
- faire chambre à part
- femme de chambre
- musique de chambre
- pot de chambre
- robe de chambre
- sport en chambre
Descendants edit
- Antillean Creole: chanm
- Haitian Creole: chanm
- → Norman: chambre, chàmbre
- → Algerian Arabic: شمبرة (šambra)
- → Vietnamese: săm
Further reading edit
- “chambre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, camara, from Ancient Greek κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ (kamárā).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (retention of schwa) IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbrə/, /ˈtʃambrə/, /ˈtʃau̯mbrə/
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbər/, /ˈtʃambər/, /ˈtʃau̯mbər/
Noun edit
chambre (plural chambres)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “chaumbre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
chambre
- Alternative form of caumber
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chambre, from Old French chambre, from Latin camera.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun edit
chambre f (plural chambres)
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 singular, f (oblique plural chambres, nominative singular chambre, nominative plural chambres)
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Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chambre m (plural chambres)
- (El Salvador) gossip.
- Synonym: chisme
- Te voy a contar un chambre sobre Ana.
- I'm going to tell you a gossip about Ana.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “chambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014