chatelaine

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃætəleɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈʃætəˌleɪn/
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• General-American: [-ɾl̩-]
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] Borrowed from French châtelaine, the feminine form of châtelain (“castle-keeper, castellan; one living in a castle”), from Medieval Latin castellanus (“occupants of a castle”), from castellum (“castle, fort”) (diminutive of castrum (“castle, fort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut off, separate”)) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”). By surface analysis, Old French chatel + French -aine.

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: châtelaine — mistress of a castle or large household
• Dutch: chatelaine — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Dutch: burchtvrouw — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Dutch: burchtheer — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• French: châtelaine — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• German: Chatelaine — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Macedonian: ќостек (ḱostek) — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Russian: шатлен (šatlen) — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Russian: шателен (šatelen) — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Russian: шатленка (šatlenka) — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Slovene: chatelaine — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Slovene: šatlên — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Thai: สร้อยเข็มขัด — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• Vietnamese: xà tích — chain or clasp worn at the waist by women
• French: châtelaine — similar thing in miniature attached to a watchchain