cambra

Etymology

From Old Occitan cambra, chambra, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára). Doublet of càmera.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.bɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.bɾa/

Noun

cambra f (plural cambres)

1. room
2. bedroom
3. chamber

Verb

cambra

1. third-person singular past historic of cambrer

Etymology

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp”). Cognate with Portuguese cãibra and Spanish calambre; see also French crampe. Compare also Italian cambra, French cambre, from a different origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkambɾa̝/

Noun

cambra m (plural cambras)

1. cramp (a painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled)

   Synonym: breca

References

• “cambra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cambra” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “cambra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

Borrowed from French cambre, from Picard or Norman, from Old Northern French, derived from Latin camur, camurus (“curved, bent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam.bra/, [ˈkämbr̺ä]
• Stress: càmbra
• Hyphenation: cam‧bra

Noun

cambra f (plural cambre)

1. cramp, clamp

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.bra/

Noun

cambra f (genitive cambrae); first declension

1. medieval spelling of camera

References

• cambra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “cambra”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 118/1

Alternative forms

• chambra

Etymology

From Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára). Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French chambre.

Noun

cambra f (oblique plural cambras, nominative singular cambra, nominative plural cambras)

1. room, in particular a bedroom

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “camera”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 130