château

See also: chateau

English

Alternative forms

• chateau

Etymology

Originated 1730–40. Borrowed from French château, from Old French castel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of castle.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊ
• IPA^(key): /ʃæːˈtoʊ/

  • Audio (US):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʃætəʊ/, /ʃæˈtəʊ/

Noun

château (plural châteaus or châteaux)

1. A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house.
2. Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.
3. An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux.

Translations

a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house

• Catalan: castell (ca) m
• German: Schloss (de) n, Château (de) n
• Russian: за́мок (ru) m (zámok), дворе́ц (ru) m (dvoréc), шато́ (ru) n (šató)
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• Slovak: zámok (sk) m
• Turkish: şato (tr)

any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle

• German: Schloss (de) n, Château (de) n
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• Russian: за́мок (ru) m (zámok), дворе́ц (ru) m (dvoréc)

an estate where wine is produced and often bottled

• Bulgarian: шато́ n (šató), шата́ pl (šatá)
• German: Château (de) n
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• Russian: шато́ (ru) n (šató)

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• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} zámok (sk) m
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References

• “château”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “château”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "château" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French chasteau, chastel, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum.

• Cognate with Italian castello, Portuguese castelo, Romanian castel, Spanish castillo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.to/, /ʃɑ.to/

• audio:

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Noun

château m (plural châteaux)

1. castle (fortified building or similar structure; winegrower's estate).

Related terms

• château-fort
• château d’eau
• château de sable
• château de cartes
• château lapompe
• châteaux en Espagne
• châtelain

References

• "château" in the WordReference Dictionnaire Français-Anglais, WordReference.com LLC, 2006.

Further reading

• “château”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.