chalet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈʃæleɪ/
Etymology
Borrowed from French chalet, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”).
Meanings
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An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
“I know that Perdita spends the offseason at her chalet in Gstaad, and that her mansion would be empty. And the perfect place to teach you all a valuable lesson about the importance of being nice to people who maybe aren't part of your core group but who have done a lot of nice things for you and yet you still treat them like shit.”
2023 August 31, William Meny & Paul Simms, “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor” (17:20 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 9, spoken by The Guide (Kristen Schaal):Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.
2013 January 14, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62:
- (Singapore) A recreational lodge or small house within the grounds of a resort or country club dedicated to the uniformed services, used for events, staycations and other social gatherings.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| châlet | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chalets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (28)
fi alppitalo (type of wooden house) · hu bungaló (type of wooden house) · cs chata (type of wooden house) · es chalé (type of wooden house) · ms chalet (type of wooden house) · hu faház (type of wooden house) · ro cabană (type of wooden house) · hu nyári lak (type of wooden house) · ja シャレー (type of wooden house) · fi alppimaja (type of wooden house) · eo ĉaledo (type of wooden house) · ar شاليه (type of wooden house) · fr chalet (type of wooden house) · hu alpesi ház (ikó) (type of wooden house) · pl koliba (type of wooden house) · de Chalet (type of wooden house) · mhn schutzhitt (type of wooden house) · sk koliba (type of wooden house) · acw Hijazi Arabic شاليه (type of wooden house) · pl chata (type of wooden house) · es chalet (type of wooden house) · tr şale (type of wooden house) · it chalet (type of wooden house) · cmn 小屋 (type of wooden house) · ru шале́ (type of wooden house) · io kabano montala (type of wooden house) · hu nyaraló (type of wooden house) · pt chalé (type of wooden house)