satchel

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satchel¹

  • /ˈsæt͡ʃəl/

Rhymes with -ætʃəl

Where it comes from

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.

noun 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 descri

Satchel²

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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noun bag or case with one or two shoulder straps

Españolmochila, morral, chuspa
日本語通学鞄 tsūgakukaban, 学生鞄 gakuseikaban
中文書包 /书包 shūbāo, 挎包 kuàbāo
Portuguêsbolsa
Françaiscartable
DeutschSchultasche, Ranzen, Schulranzen, Tornister, Umhängetasche
Italianozaino, cartella
Românăghiozdan, raniță
Русскийра́нец, су́мка, портфе́ль
עבריתתִּיק גַּב tík gáv, יַלְקוּט yalkút, תַּרְמִיל tarmíl

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@misc{satchel_2026,
  title = {satchel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/satchel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}