antechamber

English

Etymology

From ante- +‎ chamber.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/, /ˈæn.tɪˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

antechamber (plural antechambers)

1. A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.

   Synonym: anteroom

   • 1981, Lawrence Kasdan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Belloq:

     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…

   • 2005 July 16, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter; 6), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     "This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall," said Dumbledore after a moment or two.

2. (botany) The space immediately below the guard cells of a stoma.

Derived terms

• antechambered

Translations

small room

Arabic: غُرْفَة الاِنْتِظَار m (ḡurfa(t) al-intiẓār) Belarusian: вітальня f (vitalʹnja) Bulgarian: чакалня (bg) (čakalnja), вестибюл (bg) (vestibjul) Catalan: avantcambra f, avantsala f Czech: předsíň (cs) f, předpokoj m Danish: forrum n, forlokale n Dutch: voorkamer (nl) f Esperanto: antaŭĉambro Finnish: eteinen (fi), etuhuone French: antichambre (fr) f German: Vorraum (de) m, Vorzimmer (de) n, Vorkammer (de) f Greek: Ancient: θυρών m (thurṓn) Hungarian: előszoba (hu) Ido: avanchambro (io) Italian: anticamera (it) Macedonian: пре́тсобје n (prétsobje) Norwegian: forkammer (no) n Polish: przedpokój (pl) m Portuguese: antecâmara (pt) f Russian: прихо́жая (ru) f (prixóžaja) Scottish Gaelic: mach-sheòmar m, roimh-sheòmar m, ro-sheòmar m, seòmar-aghaidh m, seòmar-toisich m Silesian: antryj m Spanish: antecámara (es) f, antesala (es) f, recibimiento (es) m Swedish: förrum n Telugu: మొగసాల (te) (mogasāla) Welsh: rhagystafell f