English

Noun

chambre ‎(plural chambres)

1. Alternative spelling of chamber

Anagrams

• chamber

French

Etymology

From Old French chambre, from cambre, from Latin camera ‎(“room”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα ‎(kamára, “something with an arched cover: a covered wagon, a covered boat, a vaulted chamber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃bʁ/

Noun

chambre f ‎(plural chambres)

1. A chamber in its various senses, including:
   • 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:

     ...before a in French an original c has the sound sh, and is spelt ch, as in champ (campus), chambre (camera).

   1. A room.
   2. A hotel room.
   3. A bedroom.
   4. A house of a parliament.

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: chamber

Middle English

Noun

chambre (plural chambres)

1. room; chamber

Norman

Alternative forms

• chàmbre (Guernsey)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

chambre f ‎(plural chambres)

1. (Jersey) bedroom

Novial

Noun

chambre ‎(plural chambres)

1. room (division in a building)

Old French

Alternative forms

• cambre
• chanbre
• (Northern) canbre

Etymology

From Latin camera.

Noun

chambre f ‎(oblique plural chambres, nominative singular chambre, nominative plural chambres)

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

Descendants

• English: chamber (borrowed)
• French: chambre
• Irish: seomra (borrowed)
• Norman: chambre (Jersey, borrowed), chàmbre (Guernsey, borrowed)
• Scots: chaumer (borrowed)
• Scottish Gaelic: seòmar (borrowed)