"chalet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃæleɪ/ Audio: en-us-chalet.ogg Forms: chalets [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Borrowed from French chalet, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chalet}} French chalet, {{der|en|frp|çhalè||herdsman's hut in the mountains}} Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chalet (plural chalets)
  1. An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves. Categories (topical): Buildings Synonyms: châlet Translations (type of wooden house): شاليه (ŝālé) (Arabic), 小屋 (xiǎowū) (Chinese Mandarin), chata [feminine] (Czech), ĉaledo (Esperanto), alppimaja (Finnish), alppitalo (Finnish), chalet [masculine] (French), Chalet [neuter] (German), faház (Hungarian), bungaló (Hungarian), nyaraló (Hungarian), nyári lak (Hungarian), alpesi ház (ikó) (Hungarian), kabano montala (Ido), chalet [masculine] (Italian), シャレー (sharē) (Japanese), chalet (Malay), schutzhitt [feminine] (Mòcheno), koliba [feminine] (Polish), chata [feminine] (Polish), chalé [masculine] (Portuguese), cabană [feminine] (Romanian), шале́ (šalé) [neuter] (Russian), koliba (Slovak), chalé [masculine] (Spanish), şale (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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