chalet.

1. A house associated with Alpine regions, typically wooden and with a sloping roof.

2. A small holiday house or cabin, not necessarily built in traditional Alpine style.

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Words that belong together

• Swiss chalet
• mountain chalet

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The chalet stood above the village.

Snow covered the mountain chalet’s roof.

A wooden balcony edged the Swiss chalet.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular chalet; plural chalets. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.