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noun, feminine

chambre

/ʃɑ̃bʁ/

noun, feminine/ʃɑ̃bʁ/plural: chambres

a chamber in its various senses, including:

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.