château

proper nouncommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

château

From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum, which meant "camp" and then, in medieval Latin, "citadel".

Definitions

histoire
arts
marine

Plural

châteaux

Hyponyms

bastillebastidemanoir

Translations

  • germangerman:Kastell
  • englishenglish:castle
  • danishdanish:slot
  • spanishspanish:castillo
  • finnishfinnish:linna
  • greekgreek:πύργος
  • italianitalian:castello
  • japanesejapanese:城
  • dutchdutch:slot
  • polishpolish:zamek
  • portugueseportuguese:castelo
  • russianrussian:замок
  • swedishswedish:slott
  • ukrainianukrainian:замок

See also

castellan (cn.) castellan (adj.) châtelet (cn.) Castella (pn.) Castelnau-Chalosse (pn.) Château (pn.) Le Castellet (pn.) Le Châtel (pn.) Le Châtelet-en-Brie (pn.) castelet (cn.) encasteler (v.) castelier (cn.)