château

Or cha·teau

[sha-toh, shah-toh]

noun

plural

châteaux, châteaus 

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.

chateau

/ ˈʃætəʊ, ʃɑto /

noun

1. a country house, castle, or manor house, esp in France

2. (in Quebec) the residence of a seigneur or (formerly) a governor

3. (in the name of a wine) estate or vineyard

Word History and Origins

Origin of château¹

1730–40; < French ≪ Latin castellum castellum

Word History and Origins

Origin of château¹

C18: from French, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum fortress, _castle

Example Sentences

“I would film 15, 18 hours sometimes, and the rest of those hours I was in transit,” says Ballesteros, now 26, seated at a corner table at the Chateau Marmont.

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At the Chateau Marmont, Ballesteros blends into a corner table in a leather jacket, nursing an iced Americano, looking younger than his age and more reserved than one might expect from someone who spent six years shadowing Ye’s every move.

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We chopped it up one afternoon at Chateau Marmont, the location at his request.

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Berman’s novel centers on two, rather than one, woman: A pair of frenemies — reminiscent of Joan Didion and Babitz — circle each other in the Laurel Canyon creative scene during the mid-’60s to early-’70s, navigating relationships with rock stars and visits to the Troubadour and Chateau Marmont as the free love vibe begins to sour.

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“I don’t think I’ve ever tried to be seen that way,” he says with a laugh over coffee at the Chateau Marmont during a recent swing through Los Angeles.

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