chatel (Old Dauphinois)

1. Alternative form of châthél (“castle”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “castellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 468

Inherited from Late Latin capitale, nominalization of Latin capitālis.

• captel, catel, chetel

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

• Middle French: chaiptel, chatel, chetel
  • French: cheptel
  • Norman: catel
  • → Norman: chatel
• → Middle English: catel; chatel
  • English: cattle; chattel
  • Scots: cattle
• → Middle Dutch: caftel, cachtel
  • Dutch: kachtel

See chastel.

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

• chatel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (possession)
• chatel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (alternative form of chastel)