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The meaning of the French word "chambre" and how you use it

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chambre
(n.) (fem.) (sing.) bedroom; room (for sleeping)
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Je suis dans la chambre .
I am in the bedroom.
La chambre est grande .
The bedroom is large.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Part 2 of 2
Papa ours , une fois dans la chambre , avança vers son lit :
Daddy Bear, once in the room, moved towards his bed:
Behind the Scenes with the French Voice Actors for Despicable Me 2
J' ai passé deux jours à jouer dans ma chambre avec des poupées .
I spent two days playing with dolls in my bedroom.
My Brother Is a Pain in the Neck
Je dois partager ma chambre avec mon petit frère et il pleure tout le temps !
I have to share my bedroom with my little brother and he cries all the time!
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chambre à coucher
(n.) (fem.) (sing.) bedroom; room (for sleeping)
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Je suis dans la chambre à coucher .
I am in the bedroom.
Mon frère n' a pas de chambre à coucher .
My brother doesn't have a bedroom.
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What's Open Design?
Sam souhaite fabriquer un pied de lampe qui s' intègrerait bien dans sa chambre à coucher .
Sam wants to make a bedside light that would go well in her bedroom.
Apartment Tour (Canadian French)
Et maintenant , la dernière pièce du trois et demie , c' est la chambre à coucher .
And now, the last of the three and a half rooms, it's the bedroom.
The Mona Lisa
et même la chambre à coucher de Napoléon , qui finit quand même par la rendre au Louvre en 1802 .
and even Napoleon's bedroom, who still ends up returning it to the Louvre in 1802.
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chambre de bonne
(n.) (fem.) (sing.) attic room; bedsit; apartment A 'chambre de bonne' is a type of single-room French apartment in a middle-class house or apartment building. It is generally found on the top floor and only accessible by a separate staircase.
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Quelle petite chambre de bonne !
What a small attic room!
Sa tante est propriétaire de chambre de bonne à Paris .
Her aunt is the owner of a bedsit in Paris.
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Life with Roomies in Paris
J' habitais dans une chambre de bonne au 6 ème étage .
I was living in an apartment on the 6th floor.
An American Expat’s Review of “Emily in Paris”
Your magnificent chambre de bonne .
Your magnificent attic room.
An American Expat’s Review of “Emily in Paris”
C' est pas une chambre de bonne déjà , hein .
That's not a 'chambre de bonne' first off, right.
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chambre à gaz
(n.) (fem.) (sing.) gas chamber
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Je suis passé devant la chambre à gaz .
I walked past a gas chamber.
Ils sont morts tous dans la chambre à gaz .
They all died in the gas chamber.
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European Holocaust Memorial Day
August Hirt , professeur de médecine , y assassina 86 Juifs dans la chambre à gaz .
August Hirt, teacher of medicine, killed 86 Jews here in the gas chamber.
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chambre de compensation
(n.) (fem.) (sing.) clearing house [economics]
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Il travaille pour une chambre de compensation .
He works for a clearing house.
La chambre de compensation assure la surveillance des acteurs .
The clearing house ensures the monitoring of participants.
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What Are Derivatives?
la chambre de compensation qui va s' intercaler entre acheteurs et vendeurs .
the clearing house which is going to insert itself between buyers and sellers.
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