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Etymology
French chambre � Latin camera (chamber, room) � Greek καμά�α (vaulted chamber).

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.

#* 1845, w:Edgar Allen Poe|Edgar Allen Poe, s:The Raven|The Raven,
#*: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

1. An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
2. In a firearm, this is the portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge.

#: Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.

1. One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.

#: The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.

Translations
trans-top|bedroom
Chinese: ��, �� (fáng ji�n)
Esperanto: dormo�ambro
Finnish: makuuhuone, kamari
French: t+|fr|chambre|f, t+|fr|pièce|f
German: Raum m, Sclafzimmer n
Greek: κ�εβα�οκάμα�α [kre�vato��kama��ra] f, ��νοδ�μά�ιο [ipno�ðo��mati�o�] n, κάμα�α [�kama�ra] f, κάμα�α [�kama��ra] f, κάμα�η [�kama�ri] f, δ�μά�ιο [ðo��mati�o�] n, θάλαμο� [�θala�mo�s] m, κοι��να� [ci�to�nas] m
Italian: camera f, camera da letto f
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Japanese: Jpan|�室 (Jpan|����, shinshitsu), Jpan|�� (Jpan|��, heya)
Latin: camera f, cubiculum n
Portuguese: câmara f, quarto m
Russian: комна�а (kómnata) f, �пал�н� (spál'n'a) f bedroom
Spanish: cámara f
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trans-top|enclosed space
Chinese: 室�, 室� (shì nèi)
Czech: komora f
Esperanto: �ambro, kamero
Finnish: kammio
French: t+|fr|chambre|f, t+|fr|salle|f
Greek: δ�μά�ιο [ðo��mati�o�] n, θάλαμο� [�θala�mo�s] m, εν�ε�κ�ή�ιο [e�(n)de�f�ktiri�o�] n, αίθο��α [�e�θu�sa] f
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Portuguese: câmara f
Russian: каме�а (kám'era) f
Spanish: cámara f
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trans-top|part of a firearm holding the round before firing
Chinese: ��, 弹� (dàn táng)
Esperanto: kamero
Finnish: lipas
French: t+|fr|chambre|f
Greek: θαλάμη (θalámi) f
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Korean: �� (yaksil)
Rusian: па��онник (patrónnik) m
Spanish: recámara f
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trans-top|legislative body
Chinese: �師, �� (lù shī)
Czech: komora f
Esperanto: �ambro
Finnish: kamari
French: t+|fr|chambre|f
Greek: ε�ιμελη�ή�ιο [e�pime�li�tiri�o�] n, δια�κε��ή�ιο [ðiasce��ptiri�o�] n
Italian camera f
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Portuguese: câmara f
Russian: пала�а (paláta) f
Spanish: cámara f
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ttbc|Catalan: cambra f
ttbc|Dutch: kamer f
ttbc|German: Kammer f (1), Kammer f (2 hist.)
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ttbc|Hungarian: terem (1), kamra (2)
ttbc|Korean: (1) �� (naesil), (2) �� (byeolsil), 방 (bang)
ttbc|Spanish: compartimento m
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Related terms
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Verb
en-verb

1. To enclose in a room.

#:She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.

1. To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.

#:The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.

1. To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.

#:The rifle was originally chambered for 9MM, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.

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• 2007-12-30 21:41 - Chloejr - checked chinese translation

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