chattel C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /ˈtʃætəl/ UK /ˈtʃætəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an item of movable personal property The will divided the land from the household chattels. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an item of movable personal... propertypossessiongoodsbelongingmovableasset Word family Related forms cattlecapital Etymology AI details From Old French chatel ('property, goods'), from Late Latin capitāle ('property, stock'), from Latin caput ('head'). A doublet of cattle. chatel Old French capitāle la-med caput Latin View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # chattel **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtʃætəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃætəl/ ## Meanings 1. an item of movable personal property ## Examples - The will divided the land from the household chattels. ## Synonyms - property - possession - goods - belonging - movable - asset ## Related Forms - cattle - capital ## Roots and Affixes - Root: chatel - Root: capitāle - Root: caput ## Etymology From Old French chatel ('property, goods'), from Late Latin capitāle ('property, stock'), from Latin caput ('head'). A doublet of cattle. ## AI Etymology Chattel comes from Old French chatel ('property, goods'), from Late Latin capitāle ('property, stock'), from Latin caput ('head'). A doublet of cattle. The historical trail runs through chatel in Old French, capitāle in Latin, and caput in Latin. Used as a noun, chattel now means "an item of movable personal property", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cattle and capital. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown