chateau

Variant of château

château definition

châ·teau (s̸ha tō′)

noun pl. -·teaux′ (-tōz′, -tō′) or -·teaus′

  1. a French feudal castle
  2. a large country house and estate, esp. in France

Etymology: Fr < OFr chastel, castel < L castellum, castle

Also chateau

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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