chastel
Middle French
Noun
chastel m (plural chasteaulx)
- Alternative form of chasteau
Old French
Alternative forms
- castel (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman)
- chatel
Etymology
From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃasˈtɛl/
Noun
chastel m (oblique plural chasteaus or chasteax or chastiaus or chastiax or chastels, nominative singular chasteaus or chasteax or chastiaus or chastiax or chastels, nominative plural chastel)
- castle, fortress
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: casteel (borrowed, through Old Northern French)
- Dutch: kasteel
- Middle English: castel, castle (borrowed, through Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French) (in part, see castle)
- English: castle
- Middle French: chastel, chasteau
- French: château
- Danish: chateau
- English: château (borrowed)
- French: château
- Norman: câté (through Old Northern French), châté
- Walloon: tchestea