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Webster 1913 Edition
Chateau
‖
1.
A castle or a fortress in France.
2.
A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman’s country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence;
as, the
. chateau
of the Louvre; the chateau
of the Luxembourg☞ The distinctive, French term for a fortified castle of the middle ages is château-fort.
‖Chateau en Espagne
[F.]
, a castle in Spain, that is, a castle in the air, Spain being the region of romance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chateau
CHATEAU
,Noun.
Definition 2024
chateau
chateau
See also: château
Danish
Etymology
From French château, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum (“castle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sjato/, [ɕaˈtˢo]
Noun
chateau n (singular definite chateauet, plural indefinite chateauer)
Inflection
Inflection of chateau
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | chateau | chateauet | chateauer | chateauerne |
| genitive | chateaus | chateauets | chateauers | chateauernes |