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what is a "château", the French one, in English or in German?

  • What is castle in German?

I looked at online dictionary of LEO (website), http://dict.leo.org, and at the one of dict.cc.

LEO

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Substantive

  • English
    • German
  • castle
  • castle - in chess (dated)
    • der Turm - Schachfigur

dict.cc/?s=castle

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Substantive
(subject area) English German
(archi. hist.) castle [fortified, esp. of the medieval period] Burg {f}
(archi.) castle [magnificent mansion, palace, esp. in names] Schloss {n} [Gebäude]
(archi. mil.) castle [fortress] Festung {f}
(games) castle [chess] [dated] Turm {m} [Schach]

the two wikis

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wiki-articles
English --- German
Castle ← → de:Burg
Château ← → de:Schloss, Schloss (Architektur)
Palace ← → de:Palast



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  • Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (DCE ... - Amazon.de

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what is a "château", the French one, in English or in German?

(Comparison of Area units) Table
Unit (SI) only testing wikitable
1 a 100 m2
1 acre 0.4047 ha