See also: chambré and chàmbre

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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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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

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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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Pronunciation edit

  • 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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