chateau
chateau is the alternative spelling of château.
Meaning of château
Noun
château (plural châteaus or châteaux)
- A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house.
- 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
- An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux.
Proper noun capitalized: Chateau
Chateau
- Clipping of Chateaubelair.
Forms of chateau
| plural | chateaus |
|---|---|
| plural | chateaux |
Words formed from chateau
Phrases with chateau
Questions about chateau
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- Chateau is the alternative spelling of château.
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- Chateau is a proper noun.
Words near chateau in the dictionary
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