abattoir

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English[edit]

WOTD – 7 December 2008

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-ory”).

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Noun[edit]

abattoir (plural abattoirs)

  1. A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.][1]
    Once the cows reach maturity, they're sent to the abattoir.
  2. A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.[2]
    Synonym: bloodbath
    The army's raid on the enemy turned into a major abattoir.
    • 2017 April 19, Franz-Stefan Gady, “What Would the Second Korean War Look Like?”, in The Diplomat‎[1]:
      The corridors where North Korean troops would be advancing [in a hypothetical invasion of South Korea] would almost certainly be turned into human abattoirs.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abattoir”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
  2. ^ American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French abattoir.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.baːˈtʋaːr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: abat‧toir
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Noun[edit]

abattoir n (plural abattoirs, diminutive abattoirtje n)

  1. abattoir, slaughterhouse

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  • → Caribbean Hindustani: batwár
  • → Indonesian: abatoar
  • → Papiamentu: abatuar
  • → Sranan Tongo: abatwar

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From abattre (“to slaughter, butcher”) +‎ -oir (suffix).

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abattoir m (plural abattoirs)

  1. abattoir, slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered)
    Cet abattoir est vaste et bien aéré. ― This slaughterhouse is large and well-ventilated.
  2. (figuratively) abattoir, slaughterhouse (place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed)
    aller à l’abattoir ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    envoyer à l’abattoir ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

An abattoir.

Etymology[edit]

From French abattoir.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /abatɔˈɑːr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːr
  • Hyphenation: a‧batt‧oi‧ar

Noun[edit]

abattoir n (definite singular abattoiret, indefinite plural abattoirer, definite plural abattoira or abattoirene)

  1. (concerning France) an abattoir (a public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.)
    Synonyms: slaktehus, slakteri
    • 1836 October 17, Den Constitutionelle, page 2:
      man betænker, hvilke uhyre mængde kvæg der mellem aar og dag bliver slagtet i Parises abattoirs
      one considers the enormous amount of cattle slaughtered in Paris' abattoirs between year and day
    • 1928 September 13, A-magasinet, page 2:
      abbatoirene [sic] i Rue de Flanders
      the abattoirs [sic] in Rue de Flanders

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