abattre

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Conjugation 1.2.2 Derived terms

[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Verb

abattre

1. To shoot dead.
2. To cut down (a tree).
3. To destroy or demolish (a wall).
4. To butcher; to slaughter for meat.
5. (reflexive) To fall down, especially of tall things, such as trees.
6. (pronominal) To descend upon with violence or furor.
7. (pronominal, of lightning) To strike.

[edit] Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *abatt and *abatts, it has the forms abat and abats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.

[edit] Derived terms

• abattu
• abattoir
• abat-jour
• abattis