Dictionary

château en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈʃæ.təʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ʃæˈtəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ʃæˈtoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Originated 1730–40. Unadapted borrowing from French château, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and castle.

Meanings

1. A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house.
2. Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.
   • Luisa has reread Sixsmith’s letters a dozen or so times or more in the last day and a half. They disturb her. A university friend of Sixsmith’s, Robert Frobisher, wrote the series in the summer of 1931 during a prolonged stay at a château in Belgium. 2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 120:
3. An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux.

Forms

Deriveds

Chateau Migraine

Translations (21)

bg шато́ (an estate where wine is produced and often bottled) · de Schloss (any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle) · de Schloss (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · bg шата́ (an estate where wine is produced and often bottled) · bg за́мък (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · de Château (an estate where wine is produced and often bottled) · de Château (any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle) · ru дворе́ц (any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle) · ru дворе́ц (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · ca castell (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · bg дворе́ц (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · sk zámok (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · tr şato (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · bg шато́ (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · ru за́мок (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · ru шато́ (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · ru шато́ (an estate where wine is produced and often bottled) · ota شاتو (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · ru за́мок (any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle) · et loss (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house) · de Château (a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house)