chatel

chatel

See also: châtél

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English chatel (whence modern English chattel), from Old French chatel.

Noun

chatel (collective)

  1. (business, finance, insurance, economics) capital
    Synonym: kevalav
  2. cattle
    Synonyms: biw, bughes, gwarthek, lonnow

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of chatel
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
chatel jatel unchanged unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • “chatel” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Franco-Provençal

Noun

chatel (Old Dauphinois)

  1. alternative form of châthél (“castle”)

References

Old French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin capitale, nominalization of Latin capitālis.

Alternative forms

Noun

chatel oblique singular, m (oblique plural chateaus or chateax or chatiaus or chatiax or chatels, nominative singular chateaus or chateax or chatiaus or chatiax or chatels, nominative plural chatel)

  1. possession
Descendants
  • Middle French: chaiptel, chatel, chetel
  • → Middle Dutch: caftel, cachtel
  • → Middle English: catel; chatel

Etymology 2

See chastel.

Noun

chatel oblique singular, m (oblique plural chateaus or chateax or chatiaus or chatiax or chatels, nominative singular chateaus or chateax or chatiaus or chatiax or chatels, nominative plural chatel)

  1. alternative form of chastel

References

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