Polyglot Dictionary

château

/ʃa.to/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les châteaux

Meaning

  1. castle

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

palais

Often confused: château is a castle, built as a fortress; palais is a palace, built as a grand residence.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

castillo

castillo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "castle."

Portuguese

castelo

castelo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "castle."

Practice

1 What does château mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les touristes visitent le ___ au bord de la Loire.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches château?

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