Meanings
plural antechambers · alternative antichamber
- A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
Gun, escort them to the antechamber until the Avatar's arrival.
2014 August 8, Tim Hedrick, “Long Live the Queen” (6:11 from the start), in Melchior Zwyer, director, The Legend of Korra, season 3, episode 10, spoken by Hou-Ting (Jayne Taini)2 more examples
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…
1981, Lawrence Kasdan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Belloq"This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall," said Dumbledore after a moment or two.
2005 July 16, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter; 6), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN - biologyThe space immediately below the guard cells of a stoma.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna large entrance or reception room or area
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchantichambre
- Englishantechamber
From Middle French antichambre, with remodelling after ante- and chamber. By surface analysis, ante- + chamber.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek θυρών
- θυρών (thurṓn)small room
Arabic غُرْفَة الاِنْتِظَار
- غُرْفَة الاِنْتِظَارsmall room
Bulgarian чакалня, вестибюл
- чакалня (čakalnja)small room
- вестибюл (vestibjul)small room
Catalan avantcambra, avantsala
- avantcambrasmall room
- avantsalasmall room
Czech předsíň, předpokoj
- předsíňsmall room
- předpokojsmall room
Danish forrum, forlokale
- forrumsmall room
- forlokalesmall room
Dutch voorkamer
- voorkamersmall room
Esperanto antaŭĉambro
- antaŭĉambrosmall room
Finnish eteinen, etuhuone
- eteinensmall room
- etuhuonesmall room
French antichambre
- antichambresmall room
German Vorraum, Vorzimmer
- Vorraumsmall room
- Vorzimmersmall room
- Vorkammersmall room
Hungarian előszoba
- előszobasmall room
Italian anticamera
- anticamerasmall room
Norwegian forkammer
- forkammersmall room
Polish przedpokój
- przedpokójsmall room
Portuguese antecâmara
- antecâmarasmall room
Russian прихо́жая
- прихо́жая (prixóžaja)small room
Scottish Gaelic mach-sheòmar, roimh-sheòmar
- mach-sheòmarsmall room
- roimh-sheòmarsmall room
- ro-sheòmarsmall room
- seòmar-aghaidhsmall room
- seòmar-toisichsmall room
Spanish antecámara, antesala
- antecámarasmall room
- antesalasmall room
- recibimientosmall room
Swedish förrum
- förrumsmall room
Turkish antre
- antresmall room
Welsh rhagystafell
- rhagystafellsmall room
Cite this entry
antechamber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antechamber
“antechamber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antechamber. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antechamber,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antechamber.
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