Chateaux

/ʃæˈtoʊz/ noun

Definition

The plural of château; multiple French-style castles or grand country houses with formal architecture and grounds.

Etymology

The traditional French plural of 'château,' retained in English when speaking about French buildings specifically. French plural forms retained in English show the language's respect for certain borrowed words' original forms.

Kelly Says

The fact that English has TWO acceptable plurals for this word ('chateaus' and 'chateaux') is endlessly amusing—it's like English can't decide if it wants to be English or French, so it allows both. Wine snobs probably use 'chateaux' while architects use 'chateaus.'

Translations

AMአማርኛ
城塞
qer-say
ARالعربية
قصور
qusur
BNবাংলা
দুর্গ
durgo
CACatalà
castells
kas-tels
CSČeština
zámky
zam-ky
DADansk
borg
borg
DEDeutsch
Schlösser
shloess-er
ELΕλληνικά
κάστρα
kastra
ESEspañol
castillos
kas-tee-yohs
FAفارسی
قلعه
qal'eh
FISuomi
linnat
lin-nat
FRFrançais
châteaux
ʃa.to
GUGU
કિલ્લે
kil-le
HAHA
gidan
gi-dan
HEעברית
замKs
zamks
HIहिन्दी
किले
kile
HUMagyar
vár
var
IDBahasa Indonesia
kastil
kas-til
IGIG
ọgbọ
og-bo
ITItaliano
castelli
kas-tel-li
JA日本語
shiro
KKKK
орда
orda
KMKM
ប្រាសាទ
bra-saat
KO한국어
seong
MRMR
किल्ले
kil-le
MSBahasa Melayu
kastil
kas-til
MYမြန်မာ
တိမ်
tim
NLNederlands
kastelen
kas-te-len
NONorsk
borg
borg
PAPA
ਕਿਲਾ
ki-la
PLPolski
zamki
zam-ki
PTPortuguês
castelos
kas-teh-lohss
RORomână
castele
kas-te-le
RUРусский
замки
zamki
SVSvenska
slot
slot
SWKiswahili
uwanja
u-wan-ja
TAதமிழ்
ப lâuறை
pala-urai
TEతెలుగు
కోట
kota
THไทย
ปราสาท
pra-saat
TLTL
kastilyo
kas-ti-lyo
TRTürkçe
kale
kah-leh
UKУкраїнська
замки
zamki
URاردو
قلعہ
qila
VITiếng Việt
lâu đài
lau dai
YOYO
ilẹ
i-le
ZH中文
城堡
chǎbǎo
ZUZU
ikhaya
i-kha-ya

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