different between bach vs chalet

English

Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bæt?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bat?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /b?t?/
• Rhymes: -æt?
• Homophone: batch

Noun

bach (plural baches)

1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.

Synonyms

• crib (New Zealand)

Translations

Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.)

Anagrams

• BHCA

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba??/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *b?x, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos.

Adjective

bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

1. small, little, short

2. not fully-grown or developed, young
3. insignificant, unimportant, humble
4. small (of business, etc.)
5. lowercase (of letter)

Derived terms

• to bach (“circumflex”)
• t? bach (“toilet, loo”)

Synonyms

• bychan

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bakkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m or f (plural bachau)

1. hook
2. bend, corner
3. hinge
4. bracket

Derived terms

• bach cyrliog
• bach petryal

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Alternative forms

• châlet

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æle?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

chalet (plural chalets)

1. An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves. [from late 18th c.]

Translations

Further reading

• chalet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Thecla, elatch, laceth, letcha, thecal

French

Etymology

Swiss French, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”), from Old Franco-Provençal chaslet, diminutive of chasel (“farmhouse”), from Late Latin casalis (“house-like, house-related”), from Latin casa (“house”).

Pronunciation

Noun

chalet m (plural chalets)

1. chalet

Descendants

• ? English: chalet
• ? Hijazi Arabic: ?????? (šal?)
• ? Portuguese: chalé
• ? Spanish: chalé, chalet

Further reading

• “chalet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• léchât

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French chalet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?le/

Noun

chalet m (invariable)

1. chalet

Anagrams

• talché

Latin

Verb

chalet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of chal?

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English chalet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ale/
• Rhymes: -ale, -le, -e

Noun

chalet

1. chalet (wooden house)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chalet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??a?le/, [t??a?le]

Noun

chalet m (plural chalets)

1. cottage, chalet

   Synonym: chalé

Related terms

• casilla

Further reading

• “chalet” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.