chambermaid

See also: chamber-maid, and chamber maid

English

Alternative forms

• chamber maid
• chamber-maid

Etymology

From chamber +‎ maid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪm.bə(ɹ).meɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

chambermaid (plural chambermaids)

1. A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom.

Derived terms

• chambermaiding
• singing chambermaid

 

Related terms

• see chamber

Translations

a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom

• Arabic: خَادِمَة f (ḵādima)
• Belarusian: пакаёўка f (pakajóŭka)
• Breton: plac'h-a-gambr (br) f
• Bulgarian: камерие́рка f (kameriérka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女僕／女仆 (zh) (nǚpú)

• Czech: pokojská (cs) f
• Dutch: kamermeisje (nl) n
• Esperanto: ĉambristino
• Finnish: huonesiivooja (in a hotel), huonepalvelija
• French: femme de chambre (fr) f
• German: Stubenmädchen (de) n, Zimmermädchen (de) n, Zimmerfrau (de) f
• Greek: καμαριέρα (el) f (kamariéra)
• Hebrew: חַדְרָנִית f (khadranít)
• Hungarian: szobalány (hu)
• Italian: cameriera (it) f
• Japanese: 女中 (ja) (じょちゅう, jochū)
• Korean: 하녀(下女) (ko) (hanyeo), 가정부(家政婦) (ko) (gajeongbu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stuepike m or f

• Polish: pokojówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: camareira (pt) f
• Romanian: camerist (ro) m, cameristă (ro) f, fată în casă (ro) f
• Russian: го́рничная (ru) f (górničnaja)
• Slovak: chyžná f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kammarjungfru c
• Ukrainian: покої́вка (uk) f (pokojívka), го́рнична f (hórnyčna)