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chambermaid

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈt͡ʃeɪm.bə(ɹ).meɪd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A maid who handles the chores in a hotel room or (chiefly historically) a bedroom in a wealthy household.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: cleaning lady (not always differentiated)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cleaning lady

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maid, person

2

noun

Meaning 2

A chamberer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maid, person

3

noun

Meaning 3

a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fille de chambre

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah

History

Etymology

From chamber + maid.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَادِمَة (ḵādima) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Belarusian: пакаёўка (pakajówka) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Breton: plac'h-a-gambr — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Bulgarian: камерие́рка (kameriérka) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女僕 /女仆 (nǚpú) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Czech: pokojská — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Dutch: kamermeisje — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Esperanto: ĉambristino — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Finnish: huonesiivooja — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Finnish: huonepalvelija — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • French: femme de chambre — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • German: Stubenmädchen — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • German: Zimmermädchen — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • German: Zimmerfrau — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Greek: καμαριέρα (kamariéra) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Hebrew: חַדְרָנִית (khadranít) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Hungarian: szobalány — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Italian: cameriera — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Japanese: 女中 (jochū) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Korean: 하녀 (hanyeo) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Korean: 가정부 (gajeongbu) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stuepike — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Polish: pokojówka — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Portuguese: camareira — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Romanian: camerist — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Romanian: cameristă — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Romanian: fată în casă — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Russian: го́рничная (górničnaja) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Slovak: chyžná — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Swedish: kammarjungfru — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Ukrainian: покої́вка (pokojívka) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom
  • Ukrainian: го́рнична (hórnyčna) — a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom