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cha⋅let
[sha-ley, shal-ey; Fr. shah-le] 
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–noun, plural cha⋅lets [sha-leyz, shal-eyz; Fr. shah-le] .
[sha-leyz, shal-eyz; Fr. shah-le] . | 1. | a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps. |
| 2. | a kind of farmhouse, low and with wide eaves, common in Alpine regions. |
| 3. | any cottage, house, ski lodge, etc., built in this style. |
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| cha·let (shā-lā', shāl'ā) n.
[French, from Swiss French, possibly diminutive of *cala, shelter.] |
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Chalet
Cha*let"\, n. [F.]1. A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland. Chalets are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen. --Wordsworth. 2. A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.
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Language Translation for : chalet
Spanish:
chalet, chalé,
German:
die Sennhütte,
Japanese:
スイスの山小屋
chalet
1782, from Swiss-Fr., prob. dim. of O.Fr. chasel "farmhouse," perhaps from V.L. *casalis "belonging to a house," from L. casa "house;" or from O.Prov. cala "small shelter for ships," from a pre-L. language.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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chalet
timber house characteristic of Switzerland, the Bavarian Alps, Tirol, and the French Alps. The name originally referred to a sheepherder's dwelling and, later, to any small house in the mountains.
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