chalet
See also: châlet
English
Alternative forms
- châlet
Etymology
Borrowed from French chalet, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃæleɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
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Noun
chalet (plural chalets)
- An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves. [from late 18th c.]
- 2013 January 1, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62:
- Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.
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Translations
type of wooden house
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Further reading
- chalet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Thecla, elatch, laceth, letcha, thecal
Eastern Bontoc
Noun
chalet
- eel
French
Etymology
Swiss French, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”), from Old Franco-Provençal chaslet, diminutive of chasel (“farmhouse”), from Late Latin casalis (“house-like, house-related”), from Latin casa (“house”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
chalet m (plural chalets)
- chalet
Descendants
- → English: chalet
- → Hijazi Arabic: شاليه (šalē)
- → Portuguese: chalé
- → Spanish: chalé, chalet
Further reading
- “chalet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- léchât
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French chalet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ʃaˈle/*
- Rhymes: -e
Noun
chalet m (invariable)
- chalet
Anagrams
- talché
Latin
Verb
chalet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of chalō
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English chalet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃale/
- Rhymes: -ale, -le, -e
Noun
chalet
- chalet (wooden house)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French chalet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈle/ [t͡ʃaˈle]
- Rhymes: -e
Noun
chalet m (plural chalets)
- cottage, chalet
- Synonym: chalé
Related terms
- casilla
Further reading
- “chalet”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014