slaughterer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English slaughter

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English slaughterer

From slaughter + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈslɔtɚɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈslɔːtəɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

slaughterer (plural slaughterers)

1. Agent noun of slaughter; one who slaughters.
2. A butcher (as a profession or job).
3. A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.

Derived terms

• manslaughterer

Related terms

• carnage
• massacre
• slaughter
• slaughterhouse
• slaughterman
• slaughterous
• slaughterwoman

Translations

a person who slaughters

• Bulgarian: колач m (kolač)
• German: (also figurative) Schlächter (de) m, (also figurative) Schlächterin f
• Irish: marfach m (literary), coscróir m, marfóir ainmhithe m
• Latin: mactātor m
• Macedonian: ко́лач m (kólač), ка́сап m (kásap), кла́ничар m (kláničar)
• Old Tupi: apitîara
• Polish: rzeźnik (pl) m pers, rzeźniczka f
• Russian: забо́йщик (ru) m (zabójščik), пала́ч (ru) m (paláč) (executioner), живодёр (ru) m (živodjór)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: قصاب (kasâb)

• Volapük: (♂♀) pugan (vo), (♂) hipugan, (♀) jipugan, (massacre, ♂♀) mipugan

a butcher

• Arabic: جَزَّار m (jazzār), قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb)
• Bulgarian: касапин (bg) m (kasapin)
• German: Fleischer (de) m, Fleischerin (de) f, Schlachter (de) m, Schlachterin (de) f, (also figurative) Schlächter (de) m, (also figurative) Schlächterin f, Metzger (de) m, Metzgerin f, Fleischhacker (de) m, Fleischhackerin f, Fleischhauer (de) m, Fleischhauerin (de) f, Metzler m, Metzlerin f, Knochenhauer (de) m, Knochenhauerin (de) f, (from Yiddish) Katzoff (de) m
• Hebrew: קַצָּב (he) m (katsáv)
• Latin: carnifex m
• Macedonian: касап m (kasap), кланичар m (klaničar)
• Marathi: कसाई m (kasāī)
• Polish: rzeźnik (pl) m pers, rzeźniczka f
• Russian: мясни́к (ru) m (mjasník)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: قصاب (kasâb)

• Volapük: (♂♀) pugan (vo), (♂) hipugan, (♀) jipugan, (♂♀, horse) jevodipugan, (♂) jevodihipugan, (♀) jevodijipugan
• Yiddish: קצבֿ m (katsov, katsev)

a ritual slaughterer

• German: Schächter (de) m, Schächterin f
• Hebrew: שׁוֹחֵט m (shokhét)
• Polish: rzeźnik (pl) m pers, rzeźniczka f
• Volapük: (♂♀, kosher) benopugan, (♂, kosher) benohipugan, (♀, kosher) benojipugan
• Yiddish: שוחט m (shoykhet)