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chalet

chalet

12 6.1
A wooden house with a sloping roof and wide eaves used for holidays in mountains
  • noun
  • /ʃæˈleɪ/
translation icon : chalet
  • After hiking all day, we finally arrived at our cozy chalet nestled in the mountains.
  • Swiss chalet
  • ski chalet
  • mountain chalet

They've done yachts, private jets, celeb homes, they've done condos, giant houses, vacation homes, ski chalets.

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Examples

  • He... spends a few months a year here at his chalet.

  • Most of the buildings were chalet-style, with steeply pitched roofs running almost to the ground.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Get over to the chalet, George, and stand by the phone.

  • From our secret chalet for two

  • One day, he came to my chalet and asked me to write a book for this new series.

    Academic text (2010)
  • We're getting a proper chalet.

  • We are now approaching the chalet which was opened in 1966.

  • The car was parked near the chalet on a lonely alpine road.

    Academic text (1996)
  • That one there, that's our chalet, That's the girls coming up the mountain.

  • When I went back to the chalet, the gentleman had already gotten up: "Guten Morgen."

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

cabin
vschalet
351 1.0

A small simple wooden house in the countryside or woods

is more associated with sloping roofs wide eaves and mountain holiday use
cottage
vschalet
171 1.0

A small house in the countryside, usually with one floor

is more specific in style and used often by holidaymakers in mountainous regions

How Comfortable

mansion
327 3.4
villa
55 3.2
chalet
12 6.1
cottage
171 1.0
cabin
351 1.0
hut
217 1.0

Surface Forms

chalet singular
chalets plural

Etymology

Chalet comes from French and originally meant a small 'hut' in the Alps where people who looked after cows lived. So, a chalet today keeps that image — a cozy wooden mountain cottage for holidays.