Talk about the French villa (6)
I believe the answer is:
chalet
'villa' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'talk about the french' is the wordplay.
'talk' becomes 'chat' (chat can mean to talk).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'chat' going around 'le' is 'CHALET'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chalet that I've seen before include "wooden hut" , "Swiss cottage or small villa" , "Swiss-style holiday house" , "Swiss hut or cottage" , "Swiss hut for mountaineers" .)