chalet

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an alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves
{i} herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps; any house built in this style
a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style
A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages
A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland
A chalet is a small wooden house, especially in a mountain area or a holiday camp

Related Terms

châlets
plural form of châlet
chalets
plural of chalet
chalet

    Hyphenation

    cha·let

    Turkish pronunciation

    şıley

    Pronunciation

    /sʜəˈlā/ /ʃəˈleɪ/

    Etymology

    [ sha-'lA, 'sha-(")lA ] (noun.) 1782. Swiss French, from Franco-Provençal çhalè ‘herdsman’s hut in the mountains’, from Old Franco-Provençal chaslet, diminutive of chasel ‘farmhouse’, from Late Latin casalis ‘house-like, house-related’, from Latin casa ‘house’.
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