abattoir

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.əˌtwɑː(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.əˌtwɑɹ/, /ˈæb.əˌtwɑ/

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• Hyphenation: ab‧at‧toir

abattoir (plural abattoirs)

1. A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19^th century.][1]

   Once the cows reach maturity, they're sent to the abattoir.

2. 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.

• knacker's yard

• Abattoir in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• Baraitot

Borrowed from French abattoir.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.baːˈtʋaːr/

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• Hyphenation: abat‧toir
• Rhymes: -aːr

abattoir n (plural abattoirs, diminutive abattoirtje n)

1. abattoir, slaughterhouse

• slachthuis, slachterij

• → Caribbean Hindustani: batwár
• → Indonesian: abatoar
• → Papiamentu: abatuar
• → Sranan Tongo: abatwar

From abattre (“to slaughter, butcher”) +‎ -oir (suffix).

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.twaʁ/

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abattoir m (plural abattoirs)

1. abattoir, slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered)

   Cet abattoir est vaste et bien aéré. ― This slaughterhouse is large and well-ventilated.

2. (figuratively) abattoir, slaughterhouse (place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed)

   aller à l’abattoir ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   envoyer à l’abattoir ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• → Dutch: abattoir
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: batwár
  • → Indonesian: abatoar
  • → Papiamentu: abatuar
  • → Sranan Tongo: abatwar
• → English: abattoir
• → Moore: batoaare
• → Norwegian Bokmål: abattoir

• boucherie
• équarrisseur

• “abattoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French abattoir.

• IPA^(key): /abatɔˈɑːr/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːr
• Hyphenation: a‧bat‧toir

abattoir n (definite singular abattoiret, indefinite plural abattoirer, definite plural abattoira or abattoirene)

1. (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 [sic] i Rue de Flanders

     the abattoirs [sic] in Rue de Flanders

• “abattoir” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).