chateaubriand

1. 1.

   French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848)

   SynonymsFrancois Rene ChateaubriandVicomte de Chateaubriand

   Broaderstatesmanwriter
2. 2.

   a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin

   Broaderfillet

Other forms of chateaubriand

plural

chateaubriands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chateaubriand

What does chateaubriand mean?

chateaubriand means "French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chateaubriand?

chateaubriand has 5 syllables: cha-te-a-u-briand. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for chateaubriand?

Close synonyms include Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chateaubriand a common word?

chateaubriand is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.