Chartreux is a French-origin noun referring to a blue-gray color or, in particular, to a breed of compact, blue-gray domestic cat with a dense coat. The term is used primarily in English to describe the cat breed, often in contexts of breed descriptions or stylistic references. It is borrowed from French, where it denotes a sky-blue color and the monastery of the Carthusian order; the cat breed name emphasizes its characteristic fur.
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