châle
French, noun/ʃal/
châle is spelled C-H-Â-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Châle is a French masculine noun meaning “shawl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cape féminine consistant en un carré de tissu qu'on met sur son dos et ses épaules pour se tenir au chaud”.
What does châle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshawl
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cape féminine consistant en un carré de tissu qu'on met sur son dos et ses épaules pour se tenir au chaud. 2. Longue pièce d’étoffe dont les Orientaux se servent comme de turban, de manteau, etc.
noun: 1. Pile de bois, dans les salines.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of châle
- châles plural
- schall obsolete
- chales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce châle?
- /ʃal/
- /ʃɑl/
- \ʃɑl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to châle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is châle in French?
châle appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).