chalet

What it means

1. An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.First known use late 18th c.

   Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.

   2013 January 28, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62

   1 more example

   “I know that Perdita spends the offseason at her chalet in Gstaad, and that her mansion would be empty. And the perfect place to teach you all a valuable lesson about the importance of being nice to people who maybe aren't part of your core group but who have done a lot of nice things for you and yet you still treat them like shit.”

   2023 August 31, William Meny & Paul Simms, “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor” (17:20 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 9, spoken by The Guide (Kristen Schaal)

2. SingaporeA recreational lodge or small house within the grounds of a resort or country club dedicated to the uniformed services, used for events, staycations and other social gatherings.

In a sentence

Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.

2013 January 28, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62

Where it comes from

1. Franco-Provençalçhalè“herdsman's hut in the mountains”
2. Frenchchalet
3. Englishchalet

Borrowed from French chalet, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”).

First known use: late 18th c.