chastel

Middle French

Noun

chastel m (plural chasteaulx)

1. Alternative form of chasteau

Old French

Alternative forms

• castel (northern)
• chatel (late)

Etymology

From Latin castellum.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃasˈtɛl/, (northern) /ka-/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ʃaːˈtɛl/, (northern) /kaː-/

Noun

chastel oblique singular, m (oblique plural chasteaus or chasteax or chastiaus or chastiax or chastels, nominative singular chasteaus or chasteax or chastiaus or chastiax or chastels, nominative plural chastel)

1. castle, fortress

Derived terms

• chastelet

Descendants

• Angevin: châtiau
• Bourguignon: chaîteâ
• Champenois: châté (Troyen), châtiau (Troyen), tâté (Rémois)
• Franc-Comtois: tchaîtiâ
• Lorrain: tchestia
• Middle French: chasteau, chastel
  • French: château
    • → Danish: chateau
    • → English: château, chateau
    • → Russian: шато́ (šató)
    • → Turkish: şato
    • → Ukrainian: шато́ (šató)
• Norman: châté, câté, câtel
• Picard: câtieu, câtiau (Picardie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: châtea
• Walloon: tchestea
• → Middle Dutch: casteel
  • Dutch: kasteel
    • Afrikaans: kasteel
    • Negerhollands: kastell
    • → Mahican: găstēnik
    • → Malay: kastil
      • Indonesian: kastel, kastil
    • → Papiamentu: kastel
    • → West Frisian: kastiel
  • Limburgish: kestieël
  • West Flemish: kastêel, kastjil
  • → Middle High German: kastēl
    • German: Kastell (partially)
• → Middle English: castel, castelle, castle, chastel
  • English: castle
    • → Tongan: kāsolo
  • Scots: castle
  • → Scottish Gaelic: caisteal
• → Middle Irish: caistél
  • Irish: caistéal
  • Manx: cashtal
  • Scottish Gaelic: caisteal