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massacre +‎ -er

Noun edit

massacrer (plural massacrers)

  1. One who massacres.

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French massacrer, from Old French macecrer, macecler, probably from Vulgar Latin *matteuculāre, from *matteuca (whence French massue), from *mattea or Late Latin mattia, from Latin mateola (hoe).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ma.sa.kʁe/
  • (file)

Verb edit

massacrer

  1. to massacre (kill)
  2. (figuratively) to do something badly
    Il a massacré cette chansonhe sung that song really badly (literally, “he massacred that song”)

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Descendants edit

  • Italian: massacrare
  • Romanian: masacra

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