chambrée

dormitory room

noun shahm-BREH Rare

Also means

barracks room

Usage Note

Chambrée specifically refers to the group of soldiers or students who share a single large room, as well as the room itself — it is the standard word for a barracks sleeping room in French military vocabulary. In civilian use it can describe a dormitory bay. Do not confuse with chambre ('bedroom, room'), of which chambrée is a derived collective form.

Examples

"Toute la chambrée s'est levée à l'aube."

Natural Translation

The whole dormitory room got up at dawn.

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