abattoir

English

WOTD - 7 December 2008    

Etymology

French abattoir. See also abate.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈæb.ə.twɑː/

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Noun

abattoir (plural abattoirs)

1. A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

Translations

public slaughterhouse

Bulgarian: кланица (bg) f. Czech: jatky (cs) f. pl. Dutch: slachthuis (nl) n., abattoir (nl) n. Finnish: teurastamo (fi) French: abattoir (fr) m. German: Schlachthaus (de) n., Schlachthof (de) m. Hindi: बूचड़खाना (hi) m. Hungarian: vágóhíd (hu) Irish: teach coscartha m., seamlas Italian: mattatoio (it) Malay: rumah sembelihan Norwegian: slakterhus (no) n., slakteri (no) n.

Persian: مسلخ, کشتارگاه Polish: rzeźnia (pl) f., ubojnia (pl) f. Portuguese: matadouro (pt), açougue (pt) Russian: бойня (ru) (bójn'a) f. Scottish Gaelic: taigh-spadaidh (gd) m. Slovene: klavnica (sl) f. Spanish: matadero (es) m. Swedish: slakthus (sv) Tagalog: bahay-katayan (tl) Vietnamese: lò mổ, lò sát sinh Volapük: pugöp (vo)

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French

Etymology

Abattre (“to slaughter”) + -oir.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /a.ba.twaʁ/, SAMPA: /a.ba.twaR/

Noun

abattoir m. (plural abattoirs)

1. A slaughterhouse.