château
nounUK /ˈʃæ.təʊ/ · US /ʃæˈtoʊ/
Etymology Originated 1730–40. Unadapted borrowing from French château, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and castle.
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.
- Derived terms
- Chateau Migraine