slaughter
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
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”).
Base: slay
Affixes: -ter
Inflected forms:
form: slaughters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: slaughtre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: slaughters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slaughtering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: slaughtered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: slaughtered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: slaughtre
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The killing of animals, generally for food.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, 1773, The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Edinburgh, page 416,
For ſin, on war and mutual ſlaughter bent.
[…] I ſee
Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field
Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter,
His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.
gloss: A mass destruction of non-living things.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
uncountable
examples: There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.
gloss: A rout or decisive defeat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A group of iguanas.
pos: noun
tags: collective
countable
uncountable
gloss: To butcher animals, generally for food.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To massacre people in large numbers.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.
gloss: To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight,
He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine,
Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.
Derived words: antislaughter
as a lamb to the slaughter
catslaughter
come like a lamb to the slaughter
deerslaughter
godslaughter
lamb to the slaughter
like a lamb to the slaughter
manslaughter
preslaughter
self-slaughter
selfslaughter
slaughter animal
slaughterbot
slaughterdom
slaughteress
slaughterfest
slaughterhall
slaughterhouse
slaughteringly
slaughterless
slaughterman
slaughterous
slaughterperson
slaughterwoman
unslaughtered
woman-slaughter
misslaughter
self-slaughtered
slaughterer
slaughterable
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: masakër
lang: Albanian
word: therje
lang: Arabic
word: مَذْبَحَة
roman: maḏbaḥa
lang: Arabic
word: تَقْتِيل
roman: taqtīl
lang: Armenian
word: կոտորած
roman: kotorac
lang: Armenian
word: սպանդ
roman: spand
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qətliam
lang: Belarusian
word: разня́
roman: raznjá
lang: Belarusian
word: разьня́
roman: razʹnjá
lang: Belarusian
word: бо́йня
roman: bójnja
lang: Belarusian
word: разні́ца
roman: razníca
lang: Belarusian
word: разьні́ца
roman: razʹníca
lang: Bulgarian
word: сеч
roman: seč
lang: Bulgarian
word: клане́
roman: klané
lang: Catalan
word: matança
lang: Catalan
word: massacre
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 屠殺 /屠杀
roman: túshā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 慘案 /惨案
roman: cǎn'àn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 慘殺 /惨杀
roman: cǎnshā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 殺戮 /杀戮
roman: shālù
lang: Czech
word: masakr
lang: Dutch
word: slachtpartij
lang: Dutch
word: bloedbad
lang: Dutch
word: afslachting
lang: Esperanto
word: masakro
lang: Estonian
word: tapatalg
lang: Finnish
word: teurastus
lang: Finnish
word: joukkomurha
lang: Finnish
word: verilöyly
lang: Finnish
word: lahtaus
lang: French
word: carnage
lang: French
word: tuerie
lang: French
word: massacre
lang: Galician
word: matanza
lang: Georgian
word: ხოცვა-ჟლეტა
roman: xocva-žleṭa
lang: Georgian
word: ხოცვა
roman: xocva
lang: German
word: Schlachtung
lang: German
word: Schlächterei
lang: German
word: Gemetzel
lang: German
word: Metzelei
lang: Greek
word: σφαγή
roman: sfagí
lang: Hebrew
word: טֶבַח
roman: tévakh
lang: Hungarian
word: mészárlás
lang: Hungarian
word: öldöklés
lang: Icelandic
word: slátrun
lang: Irish
word: ár
lang: Irish
word: eirleach
lang: Old Irish
word: ár
lang: Italian
word: mattanza
lang: Italian
word: carneficina
lang: Italian
word: massacro
lang: Japanese
word: 虐殺
roman: gyakusatsu
lang: Japanese
word: 惨殺
roman: zansatsu
lang: Japanese
word: 殺戮
roman: satsuriku
lang: Korean
word: 학살
roman: haksal
lang: Central Kurdish
word: سەر بڕین
roman: ser brrîn
lang: Latin
word: trucīdātiō
lang: Latin
word: nex
lang: Latvian
word: slaktiņš
lang: Lithuanian
word: žudynės
lang: Lithuanian
word: skerdynės
lang: Macedonian
word: колеж
roman: kolež
lang: Macedonian
word: масакр
roman: masakr
lang: Māori
word: hingahinga
lang: Māori
word: parewhero
lang: Māori
word: whakapiko
lang: Māori
word: tārukenga
lang: Māori
word: whārona awatea
lang: Māori
word: parekura
lang: Mongolian
word: хядлага
roman: xjadlaga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: slakt
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کُشْتار
roman: koštâr
lang: Polish
word: rzeź
lang: Polish
word: pogrom
lang: Polish
word: masakra
lang: Portuguese
word: carnificina
lang: Portuguese
word: matança
lang: Portuguese
word: massacre
lang: Portuguese
word: chacina
lang: Romanian
word: măcel
lang: Russian
word: резня́
roman: reznjá
lang: Russian
word: ма́ссовое уби́йство
roman: mássovoje ubíjstvo
lang: Russian
word: бо́йня
roman: bójnja
lang: Russian
word: побо́ище
roman: pobóišče
lang: Russian
word: распра́ва
roman: raspráva
lang: Russian
word: погро́м
roman: pogróm
lang: Russian
word: крова́вая ба́ня
roman: krovávaja bánja
lang: Russian
word: мясору́бка
roman: mjasorúbka
lang: Russian
word: кровопроли́тие
roman: krovoprolítije
lang: Russian
word: истребле́ние
roman: istreblénije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: àr
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̀кољ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кла́ње
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pòkolj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: klánje
lang: Slovak
word: masaker
lang: Slovak
word: masakra
lang: Slovene
word: pokol
lang: Slovene
word: masaker
lang: Spanish
word: matanza
lang: Spanish
word: masacre
lang: Spanish
word: carnicería
lang: Swedish
word: massaker
lang: Swedish
word: slakt
lang: Tajik
word: куштор
roman: kuštor
lang: Turkish
word: katletme
lang: Turkish
word: katliam
lang: Ukrainian
word: різня́
roman: riznjá
lang: Ukrainian
word: різани́на
roman: rizanýna
lang: Ukrainian
word: бо́йня
roman: bójnja
lang: Ukrainian
word: маса́кра
roman: masákra
lang: Volapük
word: mipug
lang: Yiddish
word: הריגה
roman: harige