chambre
English
Noun
chambre (plural chambres)
- Obsolete spelling of chamber.
See also
Anagrams
Bourguignon
Etymology
Noun
chambre f (plural chambres)
Champenois
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chambre, Latin cambra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.b(r)/
Noun
chambre f (plural chambres)
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes
French
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃bʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
chambre f (plural chambres)
Usage notes
- In the context of a house or building, used mainly for bedrooms.
Derived terms
- arrière-chambre
- chambre à air
- chambre à bain
- chambre à coucher
- chambre à gaz
- chambre basse
- chambre d'ami
- chambre de combustion
- Chambre des communes
- 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
- Antillean Creole: chanm
- Haitian Creole: chanm
- → Norman: chambre, chàmbre (Guernsey)
- → Algerian Arabic: شمبرة (šambra)
- → Vietnamese: săm
Further reading
- “chambre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, camara, from Ancient Greek κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ (kămắrā).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (retention of schwa) IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbrə/, /ˈtʃambrə/, /ˈtʃau̯mbrə/
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbər/, /ˈtʃambər/, /ˈtʃau̯mbər/
Noun
chambre (plural chambres)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “chaumbre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Adjective
chambre
- alternative form of caumber
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French chambre, from Old French chambre, from Latin camera.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Noun
chambre f (plural chambres)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin cambra, Medieval spelling of camera (“room”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).
Noun
chambre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chambres, nominative singular chambre, nominative plural chambres)
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: chambre
- → Irish: seomra
- → Middle Armenian: ջամբռ (ǰambṙ)
- → Middle English: chambre, chaumbre, chaumber, chaumer, chamer, chamber
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃambɾe/ [ˈt͡ʃãm.bɾe]
- Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: cham‧bre
Noun
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
Further reading
- “chambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024