cattle
English
/ˈkæt(ə)l/
plural noun
Definitions
- Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc).
- Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
- (pejorative) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
- (obsolete) chattel
- (uncountable)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English catel borrowed from catel (personal property) derived from Latin capitāle, capitālis (of the head, capital, deadly).
Origin
Latin
capitālis
Gloss
of the head, capital, deadly
Kanji
畿, 資
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticattle English
- beast English
- capital English
- cattlebeast English
- cattledom English
- cattleguard English
- cattlelike English
- cattleman English
- cattleperson English
- cattlepost English
- cattleshed English
- cattlewoman English
- guard English
- man English
- noncattle English
- person English
- post English
- shed English
- capitāle Latin
- capitālis Latin
- capitānus Latin
- capitale Italian
- kapitaal Dutch, Flemish
- capital French
- cheptel French
- капита́л Russian
- capital Spanish, Castilian
- capital Portuguese
- kapitalny Polish
- capital Middle English
- catel Middle English
- chatel Old French
- chetel Old French
- cabdal Catalan, Valencian
- capital Catalan, Valencian
- capitalj Aromanian
- capital Romansh
- capitala Romansh
- chapital Romansh
- chapitala Romansh
- chapitela Romansh
- chapitêl Romansh
- tgapitala Romansh
- capital Asturian
- capitâl Friulian
- cabdal Old Spanish
- catel xno
- captel ONF.