château
French
noun
Definitions
- castle (fortified building or similar structure; winegrower's estate).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French chasteau (castle) inherited from Old French chastel inherited from Latin castellum (castle, fort, citadel, fortress, reservoir, cistern).
Origin
Latin
castellum
Gloss
castle, fort, citadel, fortress, reservoir, cistern
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
城
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- castellum English
- chatelain English
- château English
- Castella Latin
- castellanus Latin
- castellum Latin
- castrum Latin
- Castelrosso Italian
- castelletto Italian
- castello Italian
- castellologia Italian
- incastellare Italian
- Briand French
- Chateaubriand French
- Châteaubriant French
- châtelain French
- châtelet French
- châtellenie French
- acastillar Spanish, Castilian
- castillo Spanish, Castilian
- encastillar Spanish, Castilian
- ἔλαιον Ancient Greek
- acastelar Portuguese
- castelo Portuguese
- castelão Portuguese
- castel Old English
- chateau Danish
- kastel Danish
- castel Old French
- chastel Old French
- chastelain Old French
- chastelet Old French
- kastelo Esperanto
- castel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- castell Welsh
- kastel Old High German
- şato Turkish
- Caisel Old Irish
- caisel Old Irish
- châté Norman
- kështjellë Albanian
- Briand Middle French
- Chasteaubriand Middle French
- chasteau Middle French
- castelo Old Portuguese
- castiellu Asturian
- cjiscjel Friulian
- castel Old Occitan
- Castiella Old Spanish
- castiello Old Spanish
- casteło Venetian
- kastell Breton
- castel xno
- gaztelu Basque
- קַסְטֵל Aramaic
- castial Dalmatian
- tchestea Walloon
- chaîteâ Bourguignon
- Casteddu Sardinian
- casteddu Sardinian
- castiello Neapolitan
- castellu Corsican
- castielho Mirandese
- châtél Franco-Provençal
- castel ONF.
- castilló Copala Triqui