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palais

n.
C2 Proficiency US //pəˈɫeɪ// UK //pˈæleɪ// palais

n. a very large and impressive house or palace. It is a French word that people in English-speaking countries use to describe a grand building.

n. a large, impressive house or palace. Borrowed from French, it is used in English to describe grand architectural structures, often in a historical or formal context.


SIMPLE

The royal family lives in a beautiful palais in the city center.

CONTEXTUAL

The tour guide led us through the grand halls of the palais, showing us the original royal apartments.

COMPLEX

The architect's design for the new cultural palais was inspired by the classical symmetry of the French palaces of the eighteenth century.

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