chateau
noun/ˈʃætəʊ/
/ʃæˈtəʊ/
(also château)
(plural chateaux, châteaux
(from French)/ˈʃætəʊz/
/ʃæˈtəʊz/
or chateaus, châteaus)- a castle or large country house in France
- The Loire Valley is home to more than 300 chateaux.
Word Originmid 18th cent.: French, from Old French chastel from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum ‘fort’.Definitions on the go
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