Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounpersonal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc.)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincapitālis“of the head”
- Medieval Latincapitāle
- Old Frenchchatel
- Middle Englishchatel
- Englishchattel
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”.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans eiendom, slaaf
- eiendomtangible, movable property
- slaafslave
Bulgarian движимост, движимо имущество
- движимост (dvižimost)tangible, movable property
- движимо имущество (dvižimo imuštestvo)tangible, movable property
Chinese Mandarin 動產 /动产
- 動產 /动产 (dòngchǎn)tangible, movable property
Czech movitost
- movitosttangible, movable property
Danish løsøre
- løsøretangible, movable property
Dutch have, goed
- havetangible, movable property
- goedtangible, movable property
- bezittangible, movable property
- eigendomtangible, movable property
Esperanto propraĵo, moveblaĵo
- propraĵotangible, movable property
- moveblaĵotangible, movable property
- sklavoslave
Finnish irtain, orja
- irtaintangible, movable property
- orjaslave
- sieluslave
German Habe, bewegliches Gut
- Habetangible, movable property
- bewegliches Guttangible, movable property
Hungarian ingóság, ingó vagyon
- ingóságtangible, movable property
- ingó vagyontangible, movable property
- rabszolgaslave
Japanese 動産
- 動産 (dōsan)tangible, movable property
Korean 동산
- 동산 (dongsan)tangible, movable property
Māori rirohanga
- rirohangatangible, movable property
Polish ruchomość, majątek ruchomy
- ruchomośćtangible, movable property
- majątek ruchomytangible, movable property
- niewolnikslave
- niewolnicaslave
Russian движимое иму́щество, раб
- движимое иму́щество (dvižimoje imúščestvo)tangible, movable property
- раб (rab)slave
Spanish esclavo
- esclavoslave
Swedish lösöre
- lösöretangible, movable property
Ukrainian рухо́мість, рухо́ме майно́
- рухо́мість (ruxómistʹ)tangible, movable property
- рухо́ме майно́ (ruxóme majnó)tangible, movable property
- неві́льник (nevílʹnyk)slave
- неві́льниця (nevílʹnycja)slave
- раб (rab)slave
- раба́ (rabá)slave
- раби́ня (rabýnja)slave
Vietnamese động sản
- động sảntangible, movable property
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chattel
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Cite this entry
chattel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chattel
“chattel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chattel. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chattel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chattel.
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