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chambre

See also: chambré and chàmbre

English

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Noun

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chambre (plural chambres)

  1. Obsolete spelling of chamber.

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Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin camera.

Noun

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chambre f (plural chambres)

  1. room

French

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃bʁ/
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Noun

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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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  • In the context of a house or building, used mainly for bedrooms.

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Descendants

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

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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chambre (plural chambres)

  1. room; chamber
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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chambre

  1. Alternative form of caumber

Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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chambre f (plural chambres)

  1. (Jersey) bedroom

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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chambre oblique singular, f (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

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Pronunciation

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

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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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