What does "Chateau d'if" mean in English?

I know chateau means "castle", or "fortress" and read that d'if is a "yew tree". But, that can't be the exact translation; I was told something completely different, that had nothing to do with a yew tree.

What does "Chateau d'if" mean in English?
The castle was built on an island in front of Marseilles, France, which was called "If". It then became a prison, but is now a tourist attraction.



"If" is indeed "yew tree", but I don't know why the island was called "if". Probably because there were many such trees on it.
Reply:Chateau means cat water......stupid french
Reply:I don't think there's any connection with a yew tree eventhough un if (as a common noun) is indeed a yew tree.

In French, it sometimes happen that two words having totally different origins, etymology and meaning end up being homonyms.

But...there's still an outside chance that the place was so called because there were yew trees there. I don't think it likely, though.
Reply:The Chateau d'If is a stable (later a prison) located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul Archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. It is famous as the setting of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.



The chateau is a square, three-story building 28 m long on each side, flanked by three towers with large gun embrasures. The remainder of the island, which only measures 30,000 square meters, is heavily fortified; high ramparts with gun platforms surmount the island's cliffs.
Reply:Excuse me for trying to help. I have erased my answer.