chatel

== Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle English chatel (whence modern English chattel), from Old French chatel. === Noun === chatel (collective) (business, finance, insurance, economics) capital Synonym: kevalav cattle Synonyms: biw, bughes, gwarthek, lonnow ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === “chatel” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek. == Franco-Provençal == === Noun === chatel (Old Dauphinois) alternative form of châthél (“castle”) === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “castellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 468 == Old French == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Late Latin capitale, nominalization of Latin capitālis. ==== Alternative forms ==== captel, catel, chetel ==== 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) possession ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: chaiptel, chatel, chetel French: cheptel Norman: catel → Norman: chatel → Middle Dutch: caftel, cachtel Dutch: kachtel → Middle English: catel; chatel English: cattle; chattel Scots: cattle → Cornish: 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) alternative form of chastel === References === chatel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (possession) chatel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (alternative form of chastel)