Meanings
nounchâteau (plural châteaus or châteaux)
plural châteaus · plural châteaux · alternative chateau
- 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
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian шато́, за́мък
- шато́ (šató)a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
- за́мък (zámăk)a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
- дворе́ц (dvoréc)a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
- шато́ (šató)an estate where wine is produced and often bottled
- шата́ (šatá)an estate where wine is produced and often bottled
Catalan castell
- castella French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
Estonian loss
- lossa French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
German Schloss, Château
- Schlossa French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
- Châteaua French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
- Schlossany stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle
- Châteauany stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle
- Châteauan estate where wine is produced and often bottled
Russian за́мок, дворе́ц
- за́мок (zámok)a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
- дворе́ц (dvoréc)a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
- шато́ (šató)a French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
- за́мок (zámok)any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle
- дворе́ц (dvoréc)any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle
- шато́ (šató)an estate where wine is produced and often bottled
Slovak zámok
- zámoka French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
Turkish şato
- şatoa French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with château
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
château. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ch%C3%A2teau
MLA
“château.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ch%C3%A2teau. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “château,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ch%C3%A2teau.
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