chateau Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an impressive country house (or castle) in France

WordNet

Cha`teau" noun
Etymology
F. château a castle. See Castle.
Wordforms
plural Chateux
Definitions
  1. A castle or a fortress in France.
  2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg. ✍ The distinctive, French term for a fortified caste of the middle ages is château-fort.

Webster 1913