châtelet

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French chastelet (“a small castle”). By surface analysis, château +‎ -et (diminutive suffix). Compare Italian castelletto (“a small castle; a line of credit”) and English castlet (“a small castle”), with the same derivation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃat.lɛ/ ~ /ʃɑt.lɛ/ === Noun === châtelet m (plural châtelets) a castellum (dated) a small castle === Further reading === “châtelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012