# 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: /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)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
* Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (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: /ʃɑ̃bʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### 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

* 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 (kămắrā).

#### Alternative forms

* chaumbre, chaumber, chaumer, chamer, chamber

#### Pronunciation

* (retention of schwa) IPA: /ˈtʃaːmbrə/, /ˈtʃambrə/, /ˈtʃau̯mbrə/
* IPA: /ˈtʃaːmbər/, /ˈtʃambər/, /ˈtʃau̯mbər/

#### Noun

chambre (plural chambres)
* 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
* 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)
* (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: 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: /ˈt͡ʃambɾe/ [ˈt͡ʃãm.bɾe]
* Rhymes: -ambɾe
* Syllabification: cham‧bre

### Noun

chambre m (plural chambres)
* (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