how to pronounce château

/ʃɑ.to/

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château is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of château in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… chef de rta château d un margherita …”

meanings of château

noun:

Castle (fortified building or similar structure; winegrower's estate).

château frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word château occurs in french on average 36.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.