# abattoir
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈæb.əˌtwɑː(ɹ)/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈæb.əˌtwɑɹ/, /ˈæb.əˌtwɑ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Hyphenation: ab‧at‧toir

### Noun

abattoir (plural abattoirs)
* A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.]
    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.
    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.
** 2021 September 2, Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil, “The Cloak of Duplication” (1:58 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎, 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

* abattoirlike

#### Translations

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 :

#### See also

* knacker's yard

### 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

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

### Anagrams

* Baraitot

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French abattoir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌaː.baːˈtʋaːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: abat‧toir
* Rhymes: -aːr

### Noun

abattoir n (plural abattoirs, diminutive abattoirtje n)
* abattoir, slaughterhouse

#### Synonyms

* slachthuis, slachterij

#### Descendants

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

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ba.twaʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### 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

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

#### See also

* boucherie
* équarrisseur

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French abattoir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abatɔˈɑːr/
* Audio:(file)
* 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 abattoirsone 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 Flandersthe abattoirs [sic] in Rue de Flanders

### References

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