cattle

Senso (Inglese)

  1. Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc).
  2. Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
  3. People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
  4. (obsolete) chattel
  5. Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.

Frequenza

B2
Con il trattino come
cat‧tle
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈkætəl/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old French chetel, chatel, also English chattel) from Medieval Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (whence also capital, from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”)). For the sense evolution, compare pecuniary and fee. Also compare Russian поголо́вье (pogolóvʹje, “total number of livestock”) from Russian голова́ (golová, “head”). Doublet of capital and chattel.

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