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chalet

cha·let

UK/ˈʃæleɪ/ US/ʃʌˈleɪ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style

Origin

Borrowed from French chalet, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”).

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