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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French abattoir , from abattre ( “ to slaughter ” ) (cognate to abate ) + -oir ( “ -ory ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
abattoir (plural abattoirs )
A public slaughterhouse for cattle , sheep , etc. [ 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]
Synonym: bloodbath
The army's raid on the enemy turned into a major abattoir .
2017 April 19, Franz-Stefan Gady, “What Would the Second Korean War Look Like?”, in The Diplomat :The corridors where North Korean troops would be advancing [in a hypothetical invasion of South Korea] would almost certainly be turned into human abattoirs .
Derived terms
Translations
public slaughterhouse
Afan Oromo: moggorraa (om) lafqalii qeeraa
Afrikaans: slaghuis
Albanian: thertore (sq) f
Arabic: مَسْلَخ m ( maslaḵ ) , مَجْزَر m ( majzar )
Egyptian Arabic: سلخانة f ( salaxana ) , مدبح m ( madbaḥḥ )
Moroccan Arabic: ڭرنة f ( gurna ) , مجزرة f ( mgazra )
Armenian: սպանդանոց (hy) ( spandanocʻ )
Azerbaijani: sallaqxana
Basque: hiltegi
Belarusian: бо́йня f ( bójnja ) , разні́ца f ( razníca )
Bengali: কসাইখানা (bn) ( kośaikhana )
Bulgarian: кла́ница (bg) f ( klánica )
Burmese: သားသတ်ရုံ (my) ( sa:satrum )
Catalan: escorxador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 屠宰場 / 屠宰场 (zh) ( túzǎichǎng )
Czech: jatky (cs) f pl , jatka (cs) f pl
Danish: slagteri n
Dutch: slachthuis (nl) n , abattoir (nl) n , slachterij (nl) f
Egyptian: (nmt f )
Esperanto: buĉejo
Estonian: tapamaja (et)
Finnish: teurastamo (fi)
French: abattoir (fr) m
Friulian: macel m
Galician: matadoiro (gl) m
Georgian: სასაკლაო ( sasaḳlao )
German: Schlachthaus (de) n , Schlachthof (de) m
Greek: σφαγείο (el) n ( sfageío )
Hebrew: מִשְׁחָטָה (he) f ( mishkhatá )
Hindi: बूचड़खाना (hi) m ( būcaṛkhānā ) , वधशाला ( vadhśālā ) , कसाईखाना (hi) m ( kasāīkhānā ) , वधस्थली ( vadhasthalī )
Hungarian: vágóhíd (hu)
Icelandic: sláturhús n
Ido: bucherio (io)
Indonesian: rumah jagal , abatoar (id)
Ingrian: boinoi
Irish: teach coscartha m , seamlas
Italian: mattatoio (it) m , macello (it) m
Japanese: 屠畜場 (ja) ( とちくじょう, tochikujō ) , 屠場 (ja) ( とじょう, tojō, とば, toba ) , 畜殺場 ( ちくさつば, chikusatsuba )
Kazakh: қасапхана ( qasapxana )
Khmer: គោឃាតដ្ឋាន (km) ( kookhiətatthaan ) , វធភូមិ ( vĕəʼthĕəʼphuum ) , សត្វឃាតស្ថាន ( sattvaʼkhiətaʼsthaan )
Korean: 도살장(屠殺場) ( dosaljang )
Kyrgyz: кушкана ( kuşkana )
Lao: ໂຮງຂ້າສັດ ( hōng khā sat )
Latvian: lopkautuve f
Lithuanian: skerdykla f
Louisiana Creole French: abatwa
Macedonian: кланица f ( klanica )
Malay: rumah sembelihan , rumah potong , rumah sembelih , pejagalan , pembantaian , penjagalan
Manx: thie buitçhoorys m
Maori: wharepatu , whare patu kararehe , whare patu mīti
Middle English: bocherie
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abattoir (no) n , slaktehus n , slakteri (no) n
Ottoman Turkish: سلخانه , مزبع
Pashto: مسلخ m ( masláx ) , مزبع m ( mazbáh )
Persian: کشتارگاه (fa) ( koštârgâh ) , سلاخ خانه (fa) ( sallâx-xâne ) , مسلخ (fa) ( maslax )
Plautdietsch: Schlachthus n
Polish: rzeźnia (pl) f , ubojnia (pl) f
Portuguese: matadouro (pt) m , açougue (pt) , abatedouro (pt) m ( Brazil )
Romanian: abator (ro) n , măcelărie (ro) f
Russian: бо́йня (ru) f ( bójnja ) , скотобо́йня (ru) f ( skotobójnja )
Scottish Gaelic: taigh-spadaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: клаоница f
Roman: klaonica (sh) f
Slovak: jatka f
Slovene: klavnica f
Spanish: matadero (es) m , desolladero m , degolladero (es) m , rastro (es) m
Swedish: slakteri (sv) n , slakthus (sv) n
Tagalog: bahay-katayan , lapaan
Tajik: кушторгоҳ ( kuštorgoh ) , саллоххона ( salloxxona ) , маслах ( maslax )
Thai: โรงฆ่าสัตว์ (th) ( roong-kâa-sàt )
Turkish: kanara (tr) ( obsolete ) , kesimevi , kesimhane (tr) , mezbaha (tr)
Turkmen: gassaphana
Ukrainian: бо́йня (uk) f ( bójnja ) , скотобі́йня f ( skotobíjnja ) , бі́йня (uk) f ( bíjnja ) , різниця (uk) f ( riznycja )
Urdu: بوچڑخانہ m ( būcaṛkhāna )
Uyghur: قۇشخانا ( qushxana )
Uzbek: kushxona (uz)
Venetan: maseło m , maçelo
Vietnamese: lò mổ (vi) , lò sát sinh (vi)
Volapük: pugöp (vo)
Walloon: abatwer (wa) m
Welsh: lladd-dy m
a place likened to be a slaughterhouse
See also
References
^ 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
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French abattoir .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌaː.baːˈtʋaːr/
Hyphenation: abat‧toir
Rhymes: -aːr
Noun
abattoir n (plural abattoirs , diminutive abattoirtje n )
abattoir , slaughterhouse
Synonyms
Descendants
French
Etymology
From abattre ( “ to slaughter, butcher ” ) + -oir ( suffix ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
abattoir m (plural abattoirs )
abattoir , slaughterhouse ( place where animals are slaughtered )
Cet abattoir est vaste et bien aéré. ― This slaughterhouse is large and well-ventilated.
( figuratively ) abattoir , slaughterhouse ( place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed )
aller à l’abattoir ― to go to the slaughterhouse
envoyer à l’abattoir ― to send to the slaughterhouse
Descendants
See also
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
An abattoir.
Etymology
From French abattoir .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /abatɔˈɑːr/
Rhymes: -ɑːr
Hyphenation: a‧bat‧toir
Noun
abattoir n (definite singular abattoiret , indefinite plural abattoirer , definite plural abattoira or abattoirene )
( concerning France ) an abattoir ( a public slaughterhouse for cattle , sheep , etc. )
Synonyms: slaktehus , slakteri
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 i Rue de Flanders the abattoirs in Rue de Flanders
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