🇫🇷 French

chambre

feminine

la chambre

room

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chambre
/la ʃɑ̃bʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say chambre in French?

IPA
/la ʃɑ̃bʁ/

How do you pronounce chambre in French?

chambre is pronounced /la ʃɑ̃bʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La chambre bleue est très spacieuse et confortable pour les invités.

The blue bedroom is very spacious and comfortable for guests.

Ma chambre préférée a une grande fenêtre qui donne sur le jardin.

My favorite bedroom has a large window that overlooks the garden.

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Why is it feminine?

Chambre is feminine because it derives from Latin "camera" (originally meaning "vault" or "arched room"), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. The -e ending in French also typically signals feminine nouns, reinforcing this gender assignment.

What is the French word for room?

The French word for room is la chambre — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishcuarto flips!elmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianstanzalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesequarto flips!omasculine

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