"château" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ʃa.to/, /ʃɑ.to/ Audio: Fr-château.ogg Forms: châteaux [plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Inherited from Middle French château, chasteau, chastel, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. * Cognate with Italian castello, Portuguese castelo, Romanian castel, Spanish castillo Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|château|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French château, {{inh+|fr|frm|château}} Inherited from Middle French château, {{inh|fr|fro|chastel}} Old French chastel, {{inh|fr|la|castellum}} Latin castellum, {{cog|it|castello}} Italian castello, {{cog|pt|castelo}} Portuguese castelo, {{cog|ro|castel}} Romanian castel, {{cog|es|castillo}} Spanish castillo Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} château m (plural châteaux)
  1. castle (fortified building or similar structure; winegrower's estate) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Buildings Related terms: châtelain

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "chateau",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: chateau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: chateau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "château",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: château",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: château, chateau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "шато́",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: шато́ (šató)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: шато́ (šató)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "şato",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: şato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: şato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "шато́",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: шато́ (šató)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: шато́ (šató)"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French château",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "château"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "chastel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French chastel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "castellum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin castellum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "castello"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian castello",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "castelo"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese castelo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "castel"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian castel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "castillo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish castillo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French château, chasteau, chastel, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum.\n* Cognate with Italian castello, Portuguese castelo, Romanian castel, Spanish castillo",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "châteaux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "château m (plural châteaux)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "châ‧teau"
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Buildings",
          "orig": "fr:Buildings",
          "parents": [
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            "Architecture",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "château de cartes"
        },
        {
          "word": "château de sable"
        },
        {
          "word": "château d’eau"
        },
        {
          "word": "château gonflable"
        },
        {
          "word": "château la pompe"
        },
        {
          "word": "château lapompe"
        },
        {
          "word": "château-fort"
        },
        {
          "word": "châteaux en Espagne"
        },
        {
          "word": "lettre de château"
        },
        {
          "word": "Salses-le-Château"
        },
        {
          "word": "vie de château"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "castle (fortified building or similar structure; winegrower's estate)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "châtelain"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃa.to/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ.to/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-château.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/Fr-ch%C3%A2teau.ogg/Fr-ch%C3%A2teau.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Fr-ch%C3%A2teau.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    }
  ],
  "word": "château"
}
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      "word": "château de cartes"
    },
    {
      "word": "château de sable"
    },
    {
      "word": "château d’eau"
    },
    {
      "word": "château gonflable"
    },
    {
      "word": "château la pompe"
    },
    {
      "word": "château lapompe"
    },
    {
      "word": "château-fort"
    },
    {
      "word": "châteaux en Espagne"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettre de château"
    },
    {
      "word": "Salses-le-Château"
    },
    {
      "word": "vie de château"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: chateau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: chateau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "château",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: château",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: château, chateau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "шато́",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: шато́ (šató)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: шато́ (šató)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "şato",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: şato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: şato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "шато́",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: шато́ (šató)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: шато́ (šató)"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
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        "2": "frm",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French château",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "château"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "chastel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French chastel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "castellum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin castellum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "castello"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian castello",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "castelo"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese castelo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "castel"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian castel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "castillo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish castillo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French château, chasteau, chastel, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum.\n* Cognate with Italian castello, Portuguese castelo, Romanian castel, Spanish castillo",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "châteaux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "château m (plural châteaux)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "châ‧teau"
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "châtelain"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Middle French",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Middle French",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:French/o",
        "Rhymes:French/o/2 syllables",
        "fr:Buildings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃa.to/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ.to/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-château.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/Fr-ch%C3%A2teau.ogg/Fr-ch%C3%A2teau.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Fr-ch%C3%A2teau.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    }
  ],
  "word": "château"
}

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