femme de chambren.

Brit.

/ˌfam də ˈʃɒmbr(ə)/,

/ˌfam də ˈʃɒ̃br(ə)/, U.S.

/ˌfɛm də ˈʃɑmbrə/

Inflections: Plural femmes de chambre, (rare) femme de chambres.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French femme de chambre.

Etymology: < French femme de chambre (1531 or earlier in Middle French) < femme femme n. + de de prep. +chambre chamber n.In plural form femmes de chambre after the French plural form. N.E.D. (1895) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (fam də ʃāṅbr) /fam də ʃɑ̃br/.

1. A lady's maid. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lady's maid

chamberlaina1400

waiting-maid1561

chambermaid1569

lady's maid1577

tire-woman1615

abigail1616

fille de chambre1673

suivante1674

comb-brush1702

tiring-woman1732

femme de chambre1741

lady's woman1748

personal maid1748

comb-brusher1751

ayah1782

wardrobe maid1797

soubrette1824

camerist1838

tire-maid1871

1741 tr. J. J. Rutledge Mem. Julia de M— II. iv. 40 An obsequious Nun presented herself, to supply the place of the Femme de Chambre, who was to come the next day.

1762 L. Sterne Let. 12 Aug. in Lett. 1739–64 (2009) 286 My wife [has got] a decent femme de chambre, and a good looking laquais.

1824 T. Medwin Conv. with Byron (1832) I. 48 Fletcher's..wife..was at that time femme de chambre to Lady Byron.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xix. 192 Martha.., as femme de chambre, accompanied her young mistress.

1926 E. A. Parry Vagabonds All ii. 42 You may picture her, like Mrs. Rawdon Crawley, living in a genteel widowed manner in a couple of rooms with her femme de chambre.

1965 Eng. Hist. Rev. 80 244 Queen Edith..had a femme de chambre named Matilda.

2000 K. Lasky Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles 55 Mama especially does not like the part where the femmes de chambre have the right to sell the old discarded clothes of the Dauphine or the Queen.

2. Chiefly in French contexts: a chambermaid in a house or hotel.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant having care of bedchambers > woman or girl

chamberer1340

chambermaid1578

chambress1656

femme de chambre1800

1800 in Sterne's Sentimental Journey (new ed.) 170 (note) Fille de chambre; the author has every where made use of this term for femme de chambre, by a literal translation of chamber-maid.

?a1828 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Continent in Jrnls. (1941) II. 10 Pretty Femme de chambre..her keys by her side.

1892 H. H. Peerless Diary 6 Aug. in Brief Jolly Change (2003) 4 We hailed a cab and were successfully tooled to our diggings,..where we were received with open arms by our new landlady Mrs Head and her femme de chambre.

1912 G. de S. Wentworth-James House of Chance i. 5 ‘Bon jour, mademoiselle!’ said the femme-de-chambre as she laid the tray across Miss Kissler's knees.

1949 D. Du Maurier Parasites (1950) vii. 55 We would make all sorts of promises..to the daily femme de chambre, saying, ‘We'll be back again next year,’ knowing in our hearts that it would not be so.

2008 Daily Mail 12 Jan. 60/1 A femme de chambre begins to unpack for me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	femme de chambre
释义	femme de chambren. Brit. /ˌfam də ˈʃɒmbr(ə)/, /ˌfam də ˈʃɒ̃br(ə)/, U.S. /ˌfɛm də ˈʃɑmbrə/ Inflections: Plural femmes de chambre, (rare) femme de chambres. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French femme de chambre. Etymology: < French femme de chambre (1531 or earlier in Middle French) < femme femme n. + de de prep. +chambre chamber n.In plural form femmes de chambre after the French plural form. N.E.D. (1895) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (fam də ʃāṅbr) /fam də ʃɑ̃br/. 1. A lady's maid. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lady's maid chamberlaina1400 waiting-maid1561 chambermaid1569 lady's maid1577 tire-woman1615 abigail1616 fille de chambre1673 suivante1674 comb-brush1702 tiring-woman1732 femme de chambre1741 lady's woman1748 personal maid1748 comb-brusher1751 ayah1782 wardrobe maid1797 soubrette1824 camerist1838 tire-maid1871 1741 tr. J. J. Rutledge Mem. Julia de M— II. iv. 40 An obsequious Nun presented herself, to supply the place of the Femme de Chambre, who was to come the next day. 1762 L. Sterne Let. 12 Aug. in Lett. 1739–64 (2009) 286 My wife [has got] a decent femme de chambre, and a good looking laquais. 1824 T. Medwin Conv. with Byron (1832) I. 48 Fletcher's..wife..was at that time femme de chambre to Lady Byron. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xix. 192 Martha.., as femme de chambre, accompanied her young mistress. 1926 E. A. Parry Vagabonds All ii. 42 You may picture her, like Mrs. Rawdon Crawley, living in a genteel widowed manner in a couple of rooms with her femme de chambre. 1965 Eng. Hist. Rev. 80 244 Queen Edith..had a femme de chambre named Matilda. 2000 K. Lasky Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles 55 Mama especially does not like the part where the femmes de chambre have the right to sell the old discarded clothes of the Dauphine or the Queen. 2. Chiefly in French contexts: a chambermaid in a house or hotel. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant having care of bedchambers > woman or girl chamberer1340 chambermaid1578 chambress1656 femme de chambre1800 1800 in Sterne's Sentimental Journey (new ed.) 170 (note) Fille de chambre; the author has every where made use of this term for femme de chambre, by a literal translation of chamber-maid. ?a1828 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Continent in Jrnls. (1941) II. 10 Pretty Femme de chambre..her keys by her side. 1892 H. H. Peerless Diary 6 Aug. in Brief Jolly Change (2003) 4 We hailed a cab and were successfully tooled to our diggings,..where we were received with open arms by our new landlady Mrs Head and her femme de chambre. 1912 G. de S. Wentworth-James House of Chance i. 5 ‘Bon jour, mademoiselle!’ said the femme-de-chambre as she laid the tray across Miss Kissler's knees. 1949 D. Du Maurier Parasites (1950) vii. 55 We would make all sorts of promises..to the daily femme de chambre, saying, ‘We'll be back again next year,’ knowing in our hearts that it would not be so. 2008 Daily Mail 12 Jan. 60/1 A femme de chambre begins to unpack for me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1741
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