kamer

See also: Kamer and kamēr

Afrikaans

From Dutch kamer, from Middle Dutch cāmere (“room, barn, house”), from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera (“room, vault”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

kamer (plural kamers, diminutive kamertjie)

kamer

From Middle Dutch cāmere (“room, barn, house”), from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera (“room, vault”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

kamer f (plural kamers, diminutive kamertje n)

A room, physical chamber in a building.
1. (with the user or owner specified) A bedroom.
  Synonym: slaapkamer
2. (Netherlands, with the definite article, often not specified) A living room.
  Synonyms: huiskamer, living, woonkamer
3. (Netherlands, historical, dated, with the definite article) A special, more luxurious living room (formerly) reserved for use on Sundays and holidays, found in old houses that were inhabited by relatively affluent people.
  Synonyms: bestekamer, goede kamer, pronkkamer, zondagskamer
(chiefly Netherlands) A non-campus residence for students.
Synonyms: kot, studentenkamer, studentenkot
A board, judicial court or other institution with a specific competence.
A chamber or division of a legisative assembly such as a parliament.
A separated section in a structured object, e.g. chamber of a gun.

- board or institution

Afrikaans: kamer
Berbice Creole Dutch: kambru
→ Arawak: kambara
→ Caribbean Javanese: kamar
→ Indonesian: kamar
- → Malay: kamar
- → Petjo: kamar
- → Ternate: kamar
→ Papiamentu: kamber
→ Sranan Tongo: kamra
- → Aukan: kambaa
- → Caribbean Hindustani: kamrá
- → Saramaccan: kámba
→ Sinhalese: කාමරය (kāmaraya)
→? Trió: kama

Borrowed from Arabic قَمَر‎ (qamar).

kamer (definite accusative kameri, plural kamerler)

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