antechamber en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bɚ/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/ (UK)
- /ˈæn.tɪˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle French antichambre, with remodelling after ante- and chamber. By surface analysis, ante- + chamber.
Meanings
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A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
Gun, escort them to the antechamber until the Avatar's arrival.
2014 August 8, Tim Hedrick, “Long Live the Queen” (6:11 from the start), in Melchior Zwyer, director, The Legend of Korra, season 3, episode 10, spoken by Hou-Ting (Jayne Taini):"This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall," said Dumbledore after a moment or two.
2005 July 16, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter; 6), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:Who knows. Perhaps the Ark is still waiting in some antechamber for us to discover. Perhaps there's some vital bit of evidence which eludes us. Perhaps…
1981, Lawrence Kasdan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Belloq:
- The space immediately below the guard cells of a stoma.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| antichamber | alternative | lexicographic | |
| antechambers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (40)
de Vorzimmer (small room) · fi etuhuone (small room) · pt antecâmara (small room) · fr antichambre (small room) · tr antre (small room) · hu előszoba (small room) · bg чакалня (small room) · nl voorkamer (small room) · da forlokale (small room) · be вітальня (small room) · es antesala (small room) · te మొగసాల (small room) · cy rhagystafell (small room) · ar غُرْفَة الاِنْتِظَار (small room) · da forrum (small room) · it anticamera (small room) · ca avantcambra (small room) · gd seòmar-toisich (small room) · es recibimiento (small room) · mk пре́тсобје (small room) · gd ro-sheòmar (small room) · ru прихо́жая (small room) · pl przedpokój (small room) · grc θυρών (small room) · gd mach-sheòmar (small room) · es antecámara (small room) · bg вестибюл (small room) · szl antryj (small room) · gd seòmar-aghaidh (small room) · de Vorkammer (small room) · cs předpokoj (small room) · fi eteinen (small room) · de Vorraum (small room) · io avanchambro (small room) · sv förrum (small room) · gd roimh-sheòmar (small room) · eo antaŭĉambro (small room) · cs předsíň (small room) · ca avantsala (small room) · no forkammer (small room)