chalet
[sha-ley, shal-ey; French shah-le]
- a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- a kind of farmhouse, low and with wide eaves, common in Alpine regions.
- any cottage, house, ski lodge, etc., built in this style.
Origin of chalet
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Contemporary Examples
One lady claimed she had a “magical connection” to Harry after a video of Blondie played in a Swiss chalet she was staying in.
Walking past a chalet on the way home, I heard the moaning of people humping.
It is, in part, that authorities could have discreetly arrested Polanski at the chalet he owns in Gstaad.
Historical Examples
You did not tell me this when you came up to the chalet last night, and sent for me.
The Crystal HuntersGeorge Manville Fenn
Nonsense: you must eat, for we have a long journey back to the chalet.
The Crystal HuntersGeorge Manville Fenn
I fell an easy victim to the obituary editor that first evening in the chalet.
Eben HoldenIrving Bacheller
I remember he came an evening, soon after my arrival at the chalet, when dinner was late.
Eben HoldenIrving Bacheller
John Trumbull came to dine with us at the chalet the evening of my arrival.
Eben HoldenIrving Bacheller
chalet
- a type of wooden house of Swiss origin, typically low, with wide projecting eaves
- a similar house used esp as a ski lodge, garden house, etc
Word Origin
C19: from French (Swiss dialect)
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Word Origin and History for chalet
n.
1782, from Swiss-French chalet "herdsman's hut, Alpine cottage," probably a diminutive of Old French chasel "farmhouse, house, abode, hut," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *casalis "belonging to a house," from Latin casa "house;" or from Old Provençal cala "small shelter for ships," from a pre-Latin language [Barnhart].
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