chattel

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• /ˈt͡ʃæt.l̩/
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From Middle English chatel, from Old French chatel, from Medieval Latin capitāle (English capital), from Latin capitālis (“of the head”), from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”). Compare the doublet cattle (“cows”), which is from an Anglo-Norman variant. Compare also capital and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: eiendom — tangible, movable property
• Bulgarian: движимост (dvižimost) — tangible, movable property
• Bulgarian: движимо имущество (dvižimo imuštestvo) — tangible, movable property
• Danish: løsøre — tangible, movable property
• Dutch: have — tangible, movable property
• Dutch: goed — tangible, movable property
• Dutch: bezit — tangible, movable property
• Dutch: eigendom — tangible, movable property
• Esperanto: propraĵo — tangible, movable property
• Esperanto: moveblaĵo — tangible, movable property
• Finnish: irtain — tangible, movable property
• Galician: ben móbel — tangible, movable property
• Galician: móbel — tangible, movable property
• German: Habe — tangible, movable property
• German: bewegliches Gut — tangible, movable property
• Hungarian: ingóság — tangible, movable property
• Hungarian: ingó vagyon — tangible, movable property
• Japanese: 動産 (dōsan) — tangible, movable property
• Korean: 동산 (dongsan) — tangible, movable property
• Māori: rirohanga — tangible, movable property
• Old Norse: lausaeyrir — tangible, movable property
• Polish: ruchomość — tangible, movable property
• Polish: majątek ruchomy — tangible, movable property
• Russian: движимое иму́щество (dvižimoje imúščestvo) — tangible, movable property
• Swedish: lösöre — tangible, movable property
• Ukrainian: рухо́мість (ruxómistʹ) — tangible, movable property
• Ukrainian: рухо́ме майно́ (ruxóme majnó) — tangible, movable property
• Vietnamese: động sản — tangible, movable property
• Afrikaans: slaaf — slave
• Esperanto: sklavo — slave
• Finnish: orja — slave
• Finnish: sielu — slave
• Hungarian: rabszolga — slave
• Polish: niewolnik — slave
• Polish: niewolnica — slave
• Russian: раб (rab) — slave
• Spanish: esclavo — slave
• Ukrainian: неві́льник (nevílʹnyk) — slave
• Ukrainian: неві́льниця (nevílʹnycja) — slave
• Ukrainian: раб (rab) — slave
• Ukrainian: раба́ (rabá) — slave
• Ukrainian: раби́ня (rabýnja) — slave