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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesantichambre
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɑ̃.ti.ʃɑ̃bʁ/
"Les invités patientaient dans l'antichambre du ministre."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small room serving as a entryway to a larger or more important room.
"Visitors waited anxiously in the opulent antechamber before being summoned into the director's office." - 2
A anatomical or structural cavity preceding another main cavity or organ.
"The cardiac catheter was guided carefully through the venous antechamber of the heart."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the 17th-century French 'antichambre', combining the Latin prefix 'ante-' (meaning 'before') with the Old French 'chambre' (meaning 'room'). Historically used to describe a waiting room leading to a more important inner apartment or official office.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Antechamber" is said worldwide
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antichambre
Transliteration: /ɑ̃.ti.ʃɑ̃bʁ/
"Les invités patientaient dans l'antichambre du ministre."
Vorzimmer
Transliteration: /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌtsɪmɐ/
"Der Sekretär saß im Vorzimmer und nahm die Anrufe entgegen."
anticamera
Transliteration: /an.tiˈka.me.ra/
"Aspettammo a lungo nell'anticamera del medico."
antecámara
Transliteration: /an.teˈka.ma.ɾa/
"El embajador esperaba en la antecámara del palacio."
antecâmara
Transliteration: /ã.teˈkɐ.ma.ɾɐ/
"A delegação aguardava na antecâmara do presidente."
प्रतीक्षालय
Transliteration: pratikshalay
"अतिथि मुख्य कक्ष के बाहर प्रतीक्षालय में बैठे थे।"
前厅
Transliteration: qiántīng
"访客们在豪华的前厅里等候接见。"
대기실
Transliteration: daegisil
"귀빈들은 응접실 앞 대기실에서 기다렸습니다."
控え室
Transliteration: hikaeshitsu
"大臣の部屋に入る前に、来客は控え室で待機した。"
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