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Definition: Chalet |
ChaletNoun1. A Swiss house. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chalet" was first used: 1782. (references) |
Etymology: Chalet \Cha*let"\, noun. [French expression]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam; pen; (inclosure); barn, bawn; kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium; shippen; igloo, iglu, jacal; lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang, tepee, topek. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Chalet |
| English words defined with "chalet": out of reach ♦ unapproachable, unreachable, unreached. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Chalet" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (chalet, Lodge), German (chalet), Italian (chalet), Spanish (chalet, club-horse, detached house, mansion, villa), Swedish (chalet). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Although I like the Chalet Swiss (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Chalet du cycle (1900) El Chalet de Madame Renard (2000) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Hitler enjoys a stroll at his Bavarian chalet. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The chalet looking northeast, Little Good Harbor, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lake Louise & vicinity, Alberta, Sask. [sic], Lake Louise from chalet. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Night in chalet" by giancardit Commentary: "Re Alberto chalet." | "New Zealand Scenery 3" by Wendy Cain Commentary: "I went to Waiheke island just a 30 min ferry ride from Auckland. It was a work seminar, weather wonderful, stunning views. We went on a wine tour, I couldnt help myself, thinking of SXC and wanting to show you the scenery :) Dinner at beautiful restaur" |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Chalet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.58% of the time. "Chalet" is used about 117 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.58% | 113 | 30,464 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.56% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 117 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "chalet" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Chalet | Last name | 130 | 65,050 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Sport Chalet, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "chalet": chalet-bungalow, chalet-bungalows, Chalet-restaurant, chalet-style, chalet-type. | |
Ending with "chalet": Ski-chalet, swiss-chalet. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sport chalet | 903 | banff chalet | 44 |
chalet | 703 | location chalet | 44 |
gatlinburg chalet | 541 | chalet ntuc | 40 |
sports chalet | 388 | chalet de plan | 40 |
swiss chalet | 360 | chalet quebec | 39 |
chalet louer | 146 | bois chalet en rond | 37 |
chalet restaurant swiss | 123 | mckinley chalet resort | 37 |
gatlinburg chalet rental | 117 | chalet rental | 36 |
pigeon forge chalet | 102 | chalet holiday | 36 |
chalet vendre | 101 | bois chalet en | 34 |
chalet in gatlinburg | 89 | chalet vendre à | 33 |
mountain laurel chalet | 76 | mckinley chalet | 32 |
ski chalet | 72 | susse chalet | 32 |
chalet mon | 69 | chalet tennessee | 32 |
chalet in pigeon forge | 61 | chalet michigan | 31 |
smokey mountain chalet | 59 | chalet suzanne | 31 |
chalet à louer | 55 | ski chalet holiday | 31 |
chalet village | 52 | camper chalet | 31 |
gatlinburg tn chalet | 51 | chalet trailer | 30 |
gatlinburg chalet and cabin | 45 | blue chalet mountain | 29 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "chalet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtëpi e ndërtuar në stil të svicërit, shtëpi (abode, fire side, habitation, hearth, hearthstone, home, house, household, place, property, residence, roof, shebang). (various references) | |
Arabic | كوخ (cabin, camp, cot, cottage, crib, hut, hutch, lodge, shack, shanty, shebang, shed), الشاليه, بيت سويسري. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | бунгало (bungalow, ranch house), дървена вила в швейцарски стил. (various references) | |
Czech | chatka, horská chata, horská bouda. (various references) | |
Dutch | zelfkazerscooperatie (cheese making chalet, swiss cheesemaking dairy), vakantiebungalowpark (chalet village, holiday centre, holiday park, holiday village), vakantiebungalow (bungalow cabin, cabin, cottage, holiday chalet). (various references) | |
Farsi | کلبه ییلاقی , کلبه یاالونک چوبی . (various references) | |
Finnish | alppimaja. (various references) | |
French | chalet. (various references) | |
German | sennhütte (alpine dairy hut). (various references) | |
Greek | ξύλινο σπιτάκι, εξοχικό ελβετικό σπίτι, ελβετικόσ οικίσκοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | בית קיט, בית כפרי (cottage). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyaralóház (bungalow), faház (cabin, timber house, wooden house), zöld házikó, nyári lak (summer house). (various references) | |
Italian | chalet, villetta (cottage), baita. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aletchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | chalé (cot, cottage, lodge). (various references) | |
Romanian | cabanã (box, cot, hospice, hovel, hut, shed), vespasianã. (various references) | |
Russian | шале, коттедж (cottage), дача в швейцарском стиле, дача (country-house, dacha, datcha, summerhouse). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | planinska koliba. (various references) | |
Spanish | chalé (club-horse). (various references) | |
Swedish | chalet, fäbod. (various references) | |
Turkish | dağ evi, ahşap sayfiye evi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сільський будиночок, шале, вулична убиральня, дача (camp, country house, gazebo, summerhouse). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhà ván. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | casa. (various references) |
| Old Provenal | 900-1500 | cala. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "chalet": chalets. (additional references) | |
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"Chalet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caleta, Calheta, calte, Chabert, chablet, chael, chaflet, Chagla, Chala, Chaldea, Chaldee, chale, chalert, challa, challe, Challen, challet, Chalo, Chalst, chalt, Chalte, Chalvey, Chamlay, chamlet, Chanet, chanlet, chapet, charet, Charlet, Charlett, chaslet, chatel, Chawla, Chazli, chefet, Cheget, Chellew, chilt, chipet, Chiweta, chlot, cholest, chudet, Chuzlev, dhalit, Ghalata, kayleth, schalt, shalet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "chalet" (pronounced sha"lā' or shulā") |
| 3 | -u l ā" | allay, delay, filet, fillet, Palais. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: thecal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-l-t" | |
-1 letter: cheat, chela, cleat, eclat, latch, lathe, leach, letch, tache, teach, theca. | |
-2 letters: ache, alec, cate, celt, chat, each, eath, etch, haet, hale, halt, hate, heal, heat, lace, late, lath, lech, tace, tach, tael, talc, tale, teal, tela, thae. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, ate, cat, cel, eat, eta, eth, hae, hat, het, lac. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-l-t" | |
+1 letter: chaetal, chalets, chaplet, chattel, chelate, cholate, ethical, hatchel, hellcat, latched, latches, latchet, satchel, trachle. | |
+2 letters: alcahest, athletic, catechol, chaplets, chastely, chattels, chelated, chelates, chelator, chevalet, chlorate, cholates, eschalot, ethicals, ethnical, hatchels, hectical, hellcats, klatches, latchets, latchkey, leachate, oothecal, planchet, potlache, satchels, slatches, teiglach, thetical, tracheal, trachled, trachles, trauchle, trochlea. | |
+3 letters: alcahests, alchemist, athletics, branchlet, caliphate, cartwheel, catchable, catchpole, catechols, cathedral, chalkiest, chapleted, charlotte, chatelain, chelating, chelation, chelators, chevalets, chlorates, chocolate, clathrate, claughted, decathlon, eschalots, ethically, facecloth, hackliest, hatchable, hatcheled, heretical, klatsches, latchkeys, leachates, leachiest, lethargic, lightface, lunchmeat, malachite, matchable, matchless, petechial, planchets, potlaches, shtetlach, teachable, teachably, teacherly, technical, theriacal, thylacine, touchable, tracheole, trauchled, trauchles, trochleae, trochlear, trochleas, unethical, unlatched, unlatches, watchable. | |
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