chambre

See also: chambré and chàmbre

English

Noun

chambre (plural chambres)

1. Obsolete spelling of chamber.

See also

• valet-de-chambre

Anagrams

• becharm, chamber

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin camera.

Noun

chambre f (plural chambres)

1. room

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chambre, Latin cambra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.b(r)/

Noun

chambre f (plural chambres)

1. (Troyen) room
2. bedroom

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:

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Noun

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.

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 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

• 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 (kamárā).

Alternative forms

• chaumbre, chaumber, chaumer, chamer, chamber

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chambre (plural chambres)

1. room; chamber

Derived terms

• chambre forene

Descendants

• English: chamber
• Scots: chaumer
  • → Scottish Gaelic: seòmar
• Yola: chaamer

References

• “chaumbre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adjective

chambre

1. Alternative form of caumber

Norman

Alternative forms

• chàmbre (Guernsey)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Noun

chambre f (plural chambres)

1. (Jersey) bedroom

Old French

Alternative forms

• cambre, chanbre, canbre

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)

1. room
2. chamber (of a building)
3. bedroom, sleeping quarters

Derived terms

• camberete (Old Northern French)
  • → Middle Dutch: cambret
    • → Middle French: cabaret
      • French: cabaret

Descendants

• French: chambre
  • Antillean Creole: chanm
  • Haitian Creole: chanm
  • → Norman: chambre, chàmbre (Guernsey)
  • → Algerian Arabic: شمبرة (šambra)
  • → Vietnamese: săm
• → Irish: seomra
• → Middle Armenian: ջամբռ (ǰambṙ)
• → Middle English: chambre, chaumbre, chaumber, chaumer, chamer, chamber
  • English: chamber
  • Scots: chaumer
    • → Scottish Gaelic: seòmar
  • Yola: chaamer

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Related terms

• chambreador
• chambrear
• chambrista
• chambroso

 

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], 2024 December 10