Chalet Definition

shă-lā, shălā
chalets
noun
A type of Swiss house, built of wood with balconies and overhanging eaves.
Webster's New World
A herdsman's hut or cabin in the Swiss Alps.
Webster's New World
Any house, cottage, lodge, etc. built in this style.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Chalet

Noun

Singular:
chalet
Plural:
chalets, chlets

Origin of Chalet

  • 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’.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Swiss French possibly diminutive of cala shelter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chalet Sentence Examples

  • We stayed in a chalet style hostel with a toasty log fire.

  • The chalet also boasts the added luxury of a sauna.

  • The Chalet Books, slightly abridged, are being reissued in the Armada series.

  • The chalet was stunningly refurbished in the summer of 2004 yet retains its magical aura that history has bestowed upon it.

  • Then stay in our beautiful lakeside Austrian chalet instead.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHA

Words Ending With

TETLET

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Words Starting With C and Ending With T

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With T