. "A ch\u00E2teau (plural ch\u00E2teaux; French pronunciation: \u200B[\u0283\u0251to] for both the singular and the plural) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally\u2014and still most frequently\u2014in French-speaking regions."@en . . .