châtelet

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chastelet (“a small castle”). By surface analysis, château +‎ -et (diminutive suffix). Compare Italian castelletto (“a small castle; a line of credit”) and English castlet (“a small castle”), with the same derivation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.tlɛ/, /ʃɑ.tlɛ/

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Noun

châtelet m (plural châtelets)

1. a castellum
2. (dated) a small castle

Further reading

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