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chateaus

[sha-toh; Fr. shah-toh]

châ·teau

[sha-toh; Fr. shah-toh]
noun, plural -teaus, -teaux [-tohz; Fr. -toh] .
1.
(in France) a castle or fortress.
2.
a stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.
3.
a country estate, especially a fine one, in France or elsewhere on the Continent.
4.
(often initial capital letter) a winegrower's estate, especially in the Bordeaux region of France: often used as part of the name of a wine.
Also, cha·teau.


Origin:
1730–40; < French Latin castellum castellum
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