"antechamber" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/ [UK], /ˈæn.tɪˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/ [UK], /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-antechamber.wav [US] Forms: antechambers [plural]
Etymology: ante- + chamber Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ante-|chamber}} ante- + chamber Head templates: {{en-noun}} antechamber (plural antechambers)
  1. A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room. Categories (topical): Rooms Synonyms: anteroom Derived forms: antechambered Translations (small room): θυρών (thurṓn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), غُرْفَة الاِنْتِظَار (alt: ḡurfa(t) al-intiẓār) [masculine] (Arab), вітальня (vitalʹnja) [feminine] (Belarusian), чакалня (čakalnja) (Bulgarian), вестибюл (vestibjul) (Bulgarian), avantcambra [feminine] (Catalan), avantsala [feminine] (Catalan), předsíň [feminine] (Czech), předpokoj [masculine] (Czech), forrum [neuter] (Danish), forlokale [neuter] (Danish), antaŭĉambro (Esperanto), antichambre [feminine] (French), Vorraum [masculine] (German), Vorzimmer [neuter] (German), Vorkammer [feminine] (German), előszoba (Hungarian), avanchambro (Ido), anticamera (Italian), пре́тсобје (prétsobje) [neuter] (Macedonian), forkammer [neuter] (Norwegian), przedpokój [masculine] (Polish), antecâmara [feminine] (Portuguese), прихо́жая (prixóžaja) [feminine] (Russian), mach-sheòmar [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), roimh-sheòmar [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ro-sheòmar [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), seòmar-aghaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), seòmar-toisich [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), antryj [masculine] (Silesian), antecámara [feminine] (Spanish), antesala [feminine] (Spanish), förrum [neuter] (Swedish), మొగసాల (mogasāla) (Telugu), rhagystafell [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small room",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "förrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mogasāla",
      "sense": "small room",
      "word": "మొగసాల"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "rhagystafell"
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  "word": "antechamber"
}

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