abattoir

EnglishEdit

WOTD – 7 December 2008
See also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on:

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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 abbatoir.
  2. 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.

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ReferencesEdit

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

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French abattoir.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

abattoir n (plural abattoirs, diminutive abattoirtje n)

  1. abattoir, slaughterhouse

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

abattre +‎ -oir

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

abattoir m (plural abattoirs)

  1. slaughterhouse; abattoir

DescendantsEdit

  • → Dutch: abattoir
  • → English: abattoir
  • → Moore: batoaare

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