abattoir
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-ory”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌtwɑː(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌtwɑɹ/, /ˈæb.əˌtwɑ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: ab‧at‧toir
NounEdit
abattoir (plural abattoirs)
- A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.][1]
- Once the cows reach maturity, they're sent to the abbatoir.
- 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.
TranslationsEdit
public slaughterhouse
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a place likened to be a slaughterhouse
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “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.
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French abattoir.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
abattoir n (plural abattoirs, diminutive abattoirtje n)
SynonymsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
abattoir m (plural abattoirs)
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “abattoir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).