abattoir
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-ory”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌtwɑː(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌtwɑɹ/, /ˈæb.əˌtwɑ/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (Canada): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: ab‧at‧toir
Noun
[edit]abattoir (plural abattoirs)
- A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.][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[1]:
- The corridors where North Korean troops would be advancing [in a hypothetical invasion of South Korea] would almost certainly be turned into human abattoirs.
- 2021 September 2, Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil, “The Cloak of Duplication” (1:58 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows[2], season 3, episode 2, spoken by The Guide (Kristen Schaal):
- “Now, down here we have the medium security cells and the various abattoirs. Be sure to reserve your spot on the sign-in sheet 'cause the abattoirs get crazy busy.”
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]public slaughterhouse
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a place likened to be a slaughterhouse
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
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Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French abattoir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abattoir n (plural abattoirs, diminutive abattoirtje n)
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]French
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Etymology
[edit]From abattre (“to slaughter, butcher”) + -oir (suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “abattoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abattoir n (definite singular abattoiret, indefinite plural abattoirer, definite plural abattoira or abattoirene)
- (concerning France) an abattoir (a public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.)
- 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 [sic] i Rue de Flanders
- the abattoirs [sic] in Rue de Flanders
References
[edit]- “abattoir” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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