slaughter

English

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Alternative forms

• slaughtre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse slátr, from Proto-Germanic *sluHtís.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈslɔːtə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːtə(ɹ)
• (US) IPA: /ˈslɔtɝ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈslɑtɝ/

Noun

slaughter (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).
2. A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
3. A rout or decisive defeat.

Derived terms

• kosher slaughter
• lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter
• manslaughter
• ritual slaughter
• slaughterer
• slaughterhouse
• slaughterman
• slaughterous

Translations

killing of animals (also kosher and halal rituals)

• Arabic: تقتيل (ar) (taqtīl) m
• Chinese: 屠宰 (cmn) (túzǎi)
• Dutch: slacht (nl) f
• Finnish: teurastus (fi), lahti (fi)
• French: abattage (fr) m
• German: Schlachtung (de) f, rituelles Schlachten (de) n, Schächten (de) n, Schächtung (de) f
• Greek: σφαγή (el) (sfagí) f
• Italian: mattanza (it)

• Japanese: 屠畜 (ja) (tochiku), 絞める (ja) (shimeru)
• Navajo: náʼáʼah
• Polish: rzeź (pl) f
• Russian: убой (ru) (ubój) m
• Serbo-Croatian: клање (sh) (klanje) n
• Spanish: sacrificio (es) m, faena (es) f, matanza (es) f
• Swedish: slakt
• Volapük: pug (vo), (ritual) pug ritulik (vo)

killing of people

• Arabic: مذبحة (ar) (madhbaHa) f, تقتيل (ar) (taqtīl) m
• Chinese: trad. 屠殺, simpl. 屠杀 (pinyin: túshā), trad. 慘案, simpl. 惨案 (pinyin: cǎn'àn), trad. 慘殺, simpl. 惨杀 (pinyin: cǎnshā), trad. 殺戮, simpl. 杀戮 (pinyin: shālù)
• Dutch: slachtpartij (nl), bloedbad (nl) n
• Finnish: teurastus (fi), joukkomurha (fi), verilöyly (fi)
• French: carnage (fr) m
• German: Schlachtung (de) f, Schlächterei (de) f, Gemetzel (de) n, Metzelei (de) f
• Greek: σφαγή (el) (sfagí) f
• Italian: mattanza (it), carneficina (it), massacro (it) m, massacro (it) m
• Japanese: 殺し (ja) (koroshi), 殺人 (ja) (satsujin), 虐殺 (ja) (gyakusatsu), 惨殺 (ja) (zansatsu)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌ر بڕین (ku) (sarbReen)

• Maori: hingahinga (mi)
• Polish: rzeź (pl) f
• Russian: резня (ru) (reznjá) f, массовое убийство (ru) (mássovoje ubíjstvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian: покољ (sh) (pokolj) m, клање (sh) (klanje) n
• Spanish: matanza (es) f
• Volapük: mipug (vo)

a decisive defeat

• Finnish: teurastus, rökäletappio
• Greek: σφαγή (el) (sfagí) f

• Serbo-Croatian: кланица (sh) (klanica) f

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• French: abattage m

Verb

slaughter (third-person singular simple present slaughters, present participle slaughtering, simple past and past participle slaughtered)

1. (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food
2. (transitive) To massacre people in large numbers
3. (transitive) To kill in a particularly brutal manner

Translations

To butcher animals, generally for food (also kosher and halal rituals)

• Arabic: ذبح (ar) (dhabaHa)
• Danish: slagte (da)
• Dutch: slachten (nl)
• Finnish: teurastaa (fi), lahdata (fi)
• German: schlachten (de), (Jewish / Muslim) schächten (de)
• Greek: σφάζω (el) (sfázo) (sfazo)
• Italian: macellare (it)

• Nahuatl: mictia
• Norwegian: slakte (no)
• Romanian: măcel (ro) m
• Spanish: matar (es)
• Swedish: slakta (sv)
• Volapük: pugön (vo), benopugön (vo)

To massacre people in large numbers

• Dutch: afslachten (nl)
• Finnish: teurastaa (fi), lahdata (fi)
• German: abschlachten (de)
• Greek: κατασφάζω (el) (katasfázo) (katasfazo)
• Italian: massacrare (it)
• Nahuatl: mictia

• Norwegian: massakrere (no), slakte (no)
• Portuguese: genocídio (pt)
• Sumerian: 𒄮 (SÙR)
• Swedish: slakta (sv)
• Volapük: mipugön (vo)

To kill in a particularly brutal manner

• Finnish: teurastaa (fi), lahdata (fi)
• German: abschlachten (de)
• Greek: κατακρεουργώ (el) (katakreourgó) (katakreourgo)
• Nahuatl: mictia
• Norwegian: slakte (no)

• Spanish: masacrar (es), matar (es), carnear (es)
• Sumerian: 𒄮 (SÙR)
• Swedish: slakta (sv)
• Volapük: mipugön (vo)

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