plural châteaus
sha-ˈtōz 
or châteaux
sha-ˈtō(z)
or châteaux
sha-ˈtō(z)
1
: a feudal castle or fortress in France
2
: a large country house : mansion
3
: a French vineyard estate
Synonyms
Examples of château in a Sentence
a gorgeous château on a hill
Recent Examples on the Web
By the time the Stones recorded their 1972 album Exile on Main St. at a chateau in France, the couple regularly used hard drugs.
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Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
Where India Song’s Anna-Marie and her various colonial suitors move languidly and speechlessly through the chateau like ghosts, Jeanne Dielman is continually flittering between the chores of cooking, cleaning, and errand-running.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2024
The Fontaines recorded it with producer James Ford in a Paris chateau over another month.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
But that hasn’t stopped the release of new high-end bottles, as evidenced by a truly unique new expression from Maison Martell—a limited-edition blend that was aged in barrels made from 300-year-old oak inside a historic chateau.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024
They got married that same year in an intimate ceremony at their chateau in France but have since divorced and are in the midst of various legal battles.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
The ownership of one of the properties, Waddesdon Manor, built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the 1880s in the style of a French chateau, had already been transferred to the nonprofit National Trust in 1957.
—Alan Cowell, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
For parties hosted at Stir Crazy, Burnes collaborated with restaurant co-owner Mackenzie Hoffman on giant butter renditions of a conch shell, a cowboy boot, a French chateau, and a fish.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2024
The chateau contains 20 rooms, while three others are in a fisherman’s house just above Théoule harbor, and the rest in a more modern Art Deco structure.
—Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Camille Sojit Pejcha Lindsay Talbot Roxanne Fequiere Alexander Lobrano, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
Where India Song’s Anna-Marie and her various colonial suitors move languidly and speechlessly through the chateau like ghosts, Jeanne Dielman is continually flittering between the chores of cooking, cleaning, and errand-running.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2024
The Fontaines recorded it with producer James Ford in a Paris chateau over another month.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
But that hasn’t stopped the release of new high-end bottles, as evidenced by a truly unique new expression from Maison Martell—a limited-edition blend that was aged in barrels made from 300-year-old oak inside a historic chateau.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024
They got married that same year in an intimate ceremony at their chateau in France but have since divorced and are in the midst of various legal battles.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
The ownership of one of the properties, Waddesdon Manor, built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the 1880s in the style of a French chateau, had already been transferred to the nonprofit National Trust in 1957.
—Alan Cowell, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
For parties hosted at Stir Crazy, Burnes collaborated with restaurant co-owner Mackenzie Hoffman on giant butter renditions of a conch shell, a cowboy boot, a French chateau, and a fish.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2024
The chateau contains 20 rooms, while three others are in a fisherman’s house just above Théoule harbor, and the rest in a more modern Art Deco structure.
—Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Camille Sojit Pejcha Lindsay Talbot Roxanne Fequiere Alexander Lobrano, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Château.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ch%C3%A2teau. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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