How to pronounce chateau
American English pronunciation
sha-TOH
- IPA
- /ʃæˈtoʊ/
- Syllables
- sha · TOH (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What chateau means
A large French country house or castle
In a sentence: We toured a chateau with tall towers and a garden full of roses.
Where it comes from: It comes from French, where chateau means castle. It goes back to the Latin castellum, which also gave us the word castle.
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