satchel

English

Etymology

First recorded circa 1340 as Middle English sachel, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum (“money bag, purse”), a diminutive of Latin sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus (“bag”). See sack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæt͡ʃəl/

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• Rhymes: -ætʃəl

Noun

satchel (plural satchels)

1. A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.

   "Come, now, take yourselves off, like good boys and girls," he said; and the whole assemblage, dark and light, disappeared through a door into a large verandah, followed by Eva, who carried a large satchel, which she had been filling with apples, nuts, candy, ribbons, laces, and toys of every description, during her whole homeward journey.

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 239:

     A young culprit has been caught in the fact of robbing an orchard, and brought back to his master, who stands over him with an iron face of angry authority;—the very apples, as if anxious to bear witness against him, are tumbling from his satchel.

Derived terms

• besatcheled (rare)

Related terms

• saccular
• saccule
• sachet
• sack

Translations

bag or case with one or two shoulder straps

• Bulgarian: чанта за гръб f (čanta za grǎb)
• Catalan: cartera (ca) f, motxilla (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 書包 / 书包 (zh) (shūbāo), 挎包 (zh) (kuàbāo)

• Czech: aktovka (cs) f (for pupils), brašna f
• Dutch: ransel (nl) m, rugzak (nl) m, rugtas (nl) f
• Esperanto: paperujo
• Finnish: olkalaukku (fi), reppu (fi), koulureppu (fi)
• French: cartable (fr) (for school, with strap(s))
• Galician: barxoleta f, fardel m, troxa f, motela f, bersaco m
• German: (any bag for school) Schultasche (de) f; (rucksack for school) Ranzen (de) m, Schulranzen (de) m, Tornister (de) m; (bag with one long strap) Umhängetasche (de) f
• Hebrew: , תיק גב (he) (tik gav), ילקוט (he) (yalkut), תרמיל (he) (tarmil),
• Hungarian: hátitáska (hu), iskolatáska (hu)
• Irish: mála scoile m
• Italian: zaino (it) m, cartella (it) f (for school, with strap(s))
• Japanese: 通学鞄 (つうがくかばん, tsūgakukaban), 学生鞄 (がくせいかばん, gakuseikaban)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çanteyê milî m, çanteyê piştê m

• Latin: pēra f
• Middle English: sachel
• Norwegian: skulderveske, ransel
• Polish: tornister (pl) m
• Portuguese: bolsa (pt) f
• Romanian: ghiozdan (ro) n,(for school), raniță (ro) f (in army)
• Russian: (шко́льный) ра́нец m ((škólʹnyj) ránec) (with shoulder straps), (шко́льная) су́мка f ((škólʹnaja) súmka), (шко́льный) портфе́ль m ((škólʹnyj) portfélʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: màileid f, poca m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: toboła f

• Spanish: mochila (es) f, morral (es) m, chuspa (es) f
• Turkish: omuz çantası, sırt çantası (tr)

Anagrams

• latches, chalets, chestal, schalet, Slechta, châlets, achtels, Aletsch, scaleth

Middle English

Noun

satchel

1. Alternative form of sachel