chambre

== English == === Noun === chambre (plural chambres) Obsolete spelling of chamber. === See also === valet-de-chambre === Anagrams === becharm, chamber == Bourguignon == === Etymology === From Latin camera. === Noun === chambre f (plural chambres) room == Champenois == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French chambre, Latin cambra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.b(r)/ === Noun === chambre f (plural chambres) (Troyen) room 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/ === Noun === chambre f (plural chambres) a chamber in its various senses, including: a room. a hotel room. a bedroom. a house of a parliament. ==== Usage notes ==== In the context of a house or building, used mainly for bedrooms. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Antillean Creole: chanm Haitian Creole: chanm ⇒ Mauritian Creole: lasam → 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 ==== chaumbre, chaumber, chaumer, chamer, chamber ==== Pronunciation ==== (retention of schwa) IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbrə/, /ˈtʃambrə/, /ˈtʃau̯mbrə/ IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːmbər/, /ˈtʃambər/, /ˈtʃau̯mbər/ ==== Noun ==== chambre (plural chambres) room; chamber ===== Derived terms ===== chambre forene ===== Descendants ===== English: chamber Scots: chaumer, chamer, chaamer→ Scottish Gaelic: seòmar → Welsh: siambr Yola: chaamer ===== References ===== “chaumbre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== chambre alternative form of caumber == Norman == === Alternative forms === chàmbre (Guernsey) === Etymology === Borrowed from French chambre, from Old French chambre, from Latin camera. === Pronunciation === === Noun === chambre f (plural chambres) (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) room chamber (of a building) bedroom, sleeping quarters ==== Derived terms ==== camberete (Old Northern French) → Middle Dutch: cambret → Middle French: cabaret French: cabaret ==== Descendants ==== French: chambreAntillean Creole: chanmHaitian Creole: chanm⇒ Mauritian Creole: lasam→ Norman: chambre, chàmbre (Guernsey)→ Algerian Arabic: شمبرة (šambra)→ Vietnamese: săm → Irish: seomra → Middle Armenian: ջամբռ (ǰambṙ) → Middle English: chambre, chaumbre, chaumber, chaumer, chamer, chamberEnglish: chamberScots: chaumer, chamer, chaamer→ Scottish Gaelic: seòmar→ Welsh: siambrYola: chaamer == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃambɾe/ [ˈt͡ʃãm.bɾe] Rhymes: -ambɾe Syllabification: cham‧bre === Noun === chambre m (plural chambres) (El Salvador) gossip. Synonym: chisme ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “chambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025