abattoir
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-ory”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌtwɑː(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌtwɑɹ/, /ˈæb.əˌtwɑ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (CA) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: ab‧at‧toir
Noun[edit]
abattoir (plural abattoirs)
- A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.][1]
- Once the cows reach maturity, they're sent to the abattoir.
- A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.[2]
- The army's raid on the enemy turned into a major abattoir.
- Synonym: bloodbath
Translations[edit]
public slaughterhouse
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a place likened to be a slaughterhouse
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French abattoir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abattoir n (plural abattoirs, diminutive abattoirtje n)
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abattoir m (plural abattoirs)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “abattoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abattoir n (definite singular abattoiret, indefinite plural abattoirer, definite plural abattoira or abattoirene)
- (concerning France) an abattoir (a public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.)
- 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
References[edit]
- “abattoir” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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