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chalet

[sha-ley, shal-ey, shah-le]

noun

plural

chalets 
  1. a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.

  2. a kind of farmhouse, low and with wide eaves, common in Alpine regions.

  3. any cottage, house, ski lodge, etc., built in this style.



chalet

/ ˈʃæleɪ, ʃalɛ /

noun

  1. a type of wooden house of Swiss origin, typically low, with wide projecting eaves

  2. a similar house used esp as a ski lodge, garden house, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chalet1

1810–20; < French, SwissF, equivalent to *chale shelter (cognate with Old Provençal cala cove 1 ) + -et -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chalet1

C19: from French (Swiss dialect)
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As ever, the fight choreography is fantastic, especially when Eve arrives in a Stepford-esque ski chalet town where every husband, wife and child has been trained in combat.

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And the fourth day was that scene in the chalet with the Fireflies and Joel on the floor.

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Winter finds them in a chalet up a snowy mountain, with a return to the lake house for circular closure.

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The pair travelled together on a Harrods private jet, she says, and were driven to the upmarket resort of Gstaad, where the Fayed family owned a ski chalet.

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It is not known why it was designed in the style of a Swiss chalet but has become a local landmark.

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