cambrer
Catalan
Etymology
From cambra (“room”) + -er. Compare Spanish camarero.
Pronunciation
Noun
cambrer m (plural cambrers, feminine cambrera, feminine plural cambreres)
Derived terms
- cambreria
Further reading
- “cambrer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Etymology
Probably a derivative of cambre, itself from Picard or Norman, from Old Northern French, from Latin camur (whence also the Old French equivalent form chambre); less likely derived from Latin camerāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
cambrer
- (transitive) to arch (one's back, feet, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cambrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cambrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cambrant /kɑ̃.bʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cambré /kɑ̃.bʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambres /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambrons /kɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
cambrez /kɑ̃.bʁe/ |
cambrent /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
| imperfect | cambrais /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
cambrais /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
cambrait /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
cambrions /kɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
cambriez /kɑ̃.bʁi.je/ |
cambraient /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cambrai /kɑ̃.bʁe/ |
cambras /kɑ̃.bʁa/ |
cambra /kɑ̃.bʁa/ |
cambrâmes /kɑ̃.bʁam/ |
cambrâtes /kɑ̃.bʁat/ |
cambrèrent /kɑ̃.bʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | cambrerai /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/ |
cambreras /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/ |
cambrera /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/ |
cambrerons /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
cambrerez /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/ |
cambreront /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cambrerais /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cambrerais /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cambrerait /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cambrerions /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cambreriez /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁje/ |
cambreraient /kɑ̃.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 | cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambres /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambrions /kɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
cambriez /kɑ̃.bʁi.je/ |
cambrent /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | cambrasse /kɑ̃.bʁas/ |
cambrasses /kɑ̃.bʁas/ |
cambrât /kɑ̃.bʁa/ |
cambrassions /kɑ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
cambrassiez /kɑ̃.bʁa.sje/ |
cambrassent /kɑ̃.bʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
— | cambrons /kɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
cambrez /kɑ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cambrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.