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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English slaughter, from Old Norse *slahtr, later sláttr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtrą, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. Equivalent to slay + -ter (as in laughter). Eventually derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Related with Dutch slachten, German schlachten, Finnish lahdata (all “to slaughter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
slaughter (countable and uncountable, plural slaughters)
- (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- (rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425:There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.
- A rout or decisive defeat.
- A group of iguanas.
- Synonym: mess
Derived terms
Translations
killing of animals (also kosher and halal rituals)
- Albanian: ploje
- Arabic: ذَبْح m (ḏabḥ)
- Hijazi Arabic: ذَبح m (dabḥ)
- Armenian: սպանդ (hy) (spand)
- Bulgarian: клане́ (bg) n (klané)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 屠宰 (zh) (túzǎi), 宰殺/宰杀 (zh) (zǎishā)
- Czech: porážka (cs) f
- Danish: slakt c
- Dutch: slacht (nl) f
- Finnish: teurastus (fi), lahti (fi), lahtaus (fi)
- French: abattage (fr) m
- Galician: matanza (gl) f, mata (gl) f
- German: Schlachtung (de) f, rituelles Schlachten n, Schächten (de) n, Schächtung (de) f
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 f (slauhts)
- Greek: σφαγή (el) f (sfagí)
- Ancient: σφαγή f (sphagḗ)
- Hebrew: שְׁחִיטָה f (shḥitá)
- Hungarian: mészárlás (hu)
- Italian: mattanza (it)
- Japanese: 屠殺 (ja) (とさつ, tosatsu), 殺生 (ja) (せっしょう, sesshō)
- Latin: nex (la), trucīdātiō f
- Malay: penyembelihan
- Manchu: ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ (wambi)
- Navajo: náʼáʼah
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: slakt
- Oromo: qaluu
- Persian: کشتار (fa) (koštâr)
- Polish: ubój (pl) m
- Portuguese: matança (pt) f
- Romanian: abataj (ro)
- Russian: убо́й (ru) m (ubój), забо́й (ru) m (zabój)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: по̀кољ m, кла́ње n
- Roman: pòkolj (sh) m, klánje (sh) n
- Spanish: matanza (es) f
- Swahili: uchinjaji
- Swedish: slakt (sv) c
- Turkish: kesim (tr)
- Volapük: pug (vo), (ritual) pug ritulik
- Walloon: touwaedje (wa) m
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killing of many people
- Albanian: masakër (sq) f, therje (sq) f
- Arabic: مَذْبَحَة f (maḏbaḥa), تَقْتِيل m (taqtīl)
- Armenian: կոտորած (hy) (kotorac), սպանդ (hy) (spand)
- Azerbaijani: qətliam
- Belarusian: разня́ f (raznjá), бо́йня f (bójnja), разні́ца f (razníca)
- Bulgarian: сеч (bg) m (seč), клане́ (bg) n (klané)
- Catalan: matança f, massacre (ca) f
- Chechen: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 屠殺/屠杀 (zh) (túshā), 慘案/惨案 (zh) (cǎn'àn), 慘殺/惨杀 (zh) (cǎnshā), 殺戮/杀戮 (zh) (shālù)
- Czech: masakr (cs) m
- Dutch: slachtpartij (nl) f, bloedbad (nl) n, afslachting (nl) f
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: tapatalg
- Finnish: teurastus (fi), joukkomurha (fi), verilöyly (fi), lahtaus (fi)
- French: carnage (fr) m, tuerie (fr) f, massacre (fr) m
- Galician: matanza (gl) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Schlachtung (de) f, Schlächterei (de) f, Gemetzel (de) n, Metzelei (de) f
- Greek: σφαγή (el) f (sfagí)
- Hebrew: טֶבַח (he) m (tévaḥ)
- Hungarian: mészárlás (hu), öldöklés (hu)
- Irish: ár m, eirleach m
- Old Irish: ár m
- Italian: mattanza (it), carneficina (it), massacro (it) m, massacro (it) m
- Japanese: 虐殺 (ja) (ぎゃくさつ, gyakusatsu), 惨殺 (ja) (ざんさつ, zansatsu), 殺戮 (ja) (さつりく, satsuriku)
- Korean: 학살(虐殺) (ko) (haksal)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: سەر بڕین (ser brrîn)
- Latin: trucīdātiō f, nex (la)
- Latvian: slaktiņš m
- Lithuanian: žudynės f pl, skerdynės f pl
- Macedonian: колеж m (kolež), масакр m (masakr)
- Maori: hingahinga, parewhero, whakapiko, tārukenga, whārona awatea, parekura
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: slakt n
- Persian: کشتار (fa) (koštâr)
- Polish: rzeź (pl) f, pogrom (pl) m, masakra (pl) f
- Portuguese: carnificina (pt) f, matança (pt) f, massacre (pt) m, chacina (pt) f
- Romanian: măcel (ro)
- Russian: резня́ (ru) f (reznjá), ма́ссовое уби́йство n (mássovoje ubíjstvo), бо́йня (ru) f (bójnja)
- Scottish Gaelic: àr m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: по̀кољ m, кла́ње n
- Roman: pòkolj (sh) m, klánje (sh) n
- Slovak: masaker m, masakra f
- Slovene: pokol (sl) m, masaker m
- Spanish: matanza (es) f, masacre (es) f, carnicería (es) f
- Swedish: massaker (sv) c, slakt (sv) c
- Turkish: katletme (tr), katliam (tr)
- Ukrainian: різня́ f (riznjá), різани́на f (rizanýna), бо́йня (uk) f (bójnja), маса́кра f (masákra)
- Volapük: mipug
- Yiddish: הריגה f (harige)
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Verb
slaughter (third-person singular simple present slaughters, present participle slaughtering, simple past and past participle slaughtered)
- (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food.
- (transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers.
- (transitive) To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight,
He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine,
Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.
Derived terms
Translations
to butcher animals, generally for food (also kosher and halal rituals)
- Arabic: ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa)
- Egyptian Arabic: دبح (dabaḥ)
- Hijazi Arabic: ذَبَح (dabaḥ)
- Armenian: մորթել (hy) (mortʻel)
- Basque: akabatu
- Bengali: হত্যা (bn) (hotta)
- Bulgarian: коля (bg) (kolja)
- Czech: porazit (cs) pf, porážet (cs) impf
- Danish: slagte
- Dutch: slachten (nl)
- Egyptian: (dnd)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: teurastaa (fi), lahdata (fi)
- German: schlachten (de), (Jewish / Muslim) schächten (de)
- Alemannic German: metzge
- Greek: σφάζω (el) (sfázo)
- Ancient: σφάζω (spházō)
- Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: macellare (it)
- Kven: lahđata
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: sembelih (ms), menyembelih
- Maori: patu mīti
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Nahuatl: mictia (nah)
- Norwegian: slakte (no)
- Polish: szlachtować (pl) impf, zaszlachtować pf, zarzynać (pl) impf, rżnąć (pl) impf, zarżnąć pf, bić (pl) impf
- Portuguese: matar (pt), abater (pt)
- Romanian: măcelări (ro) m, tăia (ro), omorî (ro)
- Spanish: matar (es)
- Swedish: slakta (sv)
- Turkish: kesmek (tr)
- Volapük: pugön (vo), benopugön
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to massacre people in large numbers
to kill in a particularly brutal manner
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