chambrer

French

Etymology

From chambre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.bʁe/

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Verb

chambrer

1. to bring wine to room temperature

   Chambrer un bordeaux.

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2. to mock

   Il s'est fait chambrer ; on l'a chambré.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of chambrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chambrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chambrant /ʃɑ̃.bʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chambré /ʃɑ̃.bʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chambre /ʃɑ̃bʁ/	chambres /ʃɑ̃bʁ/	chambre /ʃɑ̃bʁ/	chambrons /ʃɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/	chambrez /ʃɑ̃.bʁe/	chambrent /ʃɑ̃bʁ/
	imperfect	chambrais /ʃɑ̃.bʁɛ/	chambrais /ʃɑ̃.bʁɛ/	chambrait /ʃɑ̃.bʁɛ/	chambrions /ʃɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/	chambriez /ʃɑ̃.bʁi.je/	chambraient /ʃɑ̃.bʁɛ/
	past historic2	chambrai /ʃɑ̃.bʁe/	chambras /ʃɑ̃.bʁa/	chambra /ʃɑ̃.bʁa/	chambrâmes /ʃɑ̃.bʁam/	chambrâtes /ʃɑ̃.bʁat/	chambrèrent /ʃɑ̃.bʁɛʁ/
	future	chambrerai /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/	chambreras /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/	chambrera /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/	chambrerons /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/	chambrerez /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/	chambreront /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chambrerais /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/	chambrerais /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/	chambrerait /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/	chambrerions /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	chambreriez /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁje/	chambreraient /ʃɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	chambre /ʃɑ̃bʁ/	chambres /ʃɑ̃bʁ/	chambre /ʃɑ̃bʁ/	chambrions /ʃɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/	chambriez /ʃɑ̃.bʁi.je/	chambrent /ʃɑ̃bʁ/
	imperfect2	chambrasse /ʃɑ̃.bʁas/	chambrasses /ʃɑ̃.bʁas/	chambrât /ʃɑ̃.bʁa/	chambrassions /ʃɑ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/	chambrassiez /ʃɑ̃.bʁa.sje/	chambrassent /ʃɑ̃.bʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chambre /ʃɑ̃bʁ/	—	chambrons /ʃɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/	chambrez /ʃɑ̃.bʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

References

• “chambrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “chambrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.