Chateau Meaning

/ʃæˈtoʊ/
B2

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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nounAlternative spelling of château.

"What he had formerly been in France I had not a notion. All I knew was that he was said to possess a chateau."— 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter III, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/III):

nameClipping of Chateaubelair.

Chenonceau is one of France's most famous chateau.
The king gave his fiancée a chateau as a statement of his love.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The wealthy family spent their summer vacation at a luxurious French ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We stayed in a beautiful ____ in the French countryside last year.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The wealthy family spent their summer vacation at a luxurious French ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We stayed in a beautiful ____ in the French countryside last year.

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