Similar words
château
Often confused: château is a castle, built as a fortress; palais is a palace, built as a grand residence.
Similar in other languages
German
Palast
Palast is the German word for the same thing — both mean "palace."
Spanish
palacio
palacio is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "palace."
Portuguese
palácio
palácio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "palace."
Practice
1 What does palais mean?
palace
2 Fill the gap: Le roi vit dans le ___.
Full sentence: Le roi vit dans le palais. (The king lives in the palace.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches palais?
palais: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.