Hyphenation
chat·telTurkish pronunciation
çätılPronunciation
/ˈʧatəl/ /ˈʧætəl/
Etymology
[ 'cha-t&l ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English chatel Old French chatel Latin capitale (English capital). Compare cattle (“cows”), which is from an Anglo-Norman variant. Compare also capital and kind (“physical goods”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”.