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

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)

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 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
• → 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
  • → 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014