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chateau1
nounchateau (plural chateaus or chateaux)
plural chateaus · plural chateaux
- alternativeAlternative spelling of château.
What he had formerly been in France I had not a notion. All I knew was that he was said to possess a chateau.
1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter III, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/III)
Chateau2
proper noun
- abbreviationclippingClipping of Chateaubelair.
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APA
chateau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chateau
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“chateau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chateau. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chateau,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chateau.
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