abattoir
Syllables: ab·at·toirUK/ˈæb.əˌtwɑː(ɹ)//ˈæb.əˌtwɑɹ/
abattoir noun: a public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
Noun
abattoir (plural abattoirs)
- A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
- Once the cows reach maturity, they're sent to the abattoir.
- A place or event of great carnage or bloodshed.
- The army's raid on the enemy turned into a major abattoir.
- The corridors where North Korean troops would be advancing [in a hypothetical invasion of South Korea] would almost certainly be turned into human abattoirs.2017 April 19, Franz-Stefan Gady, “What Would the Second Korean War Look Like?”, in The Diplomat
- Synonyms:
- bloodbath
abattoir meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
abattoir in Hindi
- public slaughterhouse
- बूचड़खाना būcaṛkhānā, वधशाला vadhśālā, कसाईखाना kasāīkhānā, वधस्थली vadhasthalī
abattoir in Tamil
- கால்நடை வெட்டுக்கூடம், கசாப்பு, கொல்களம், அடிதொட்டி, இறைச்சி விலங்குவெட்டுமிடம், இறைச்சிக்கூடம்
abattoir in Urdu
- public slaughterhouse
- بوچڑخانہ būcaṛkhāna
abattoir in Bengali
- public slaughterhouse
- কসাইখানা kośaikhana
More languagesFewer languages
- abattoir in Malayalam
- കശാപ്പ് നടത്തുന്ന സ്ഥലം, അറവുശാല
- abattoir in Kannada
- ಕೊಲ್ಲುಮನೆ, ಕಸಾಯಿಖಾನೆ
- abattoir in Pashto
- مسلخ masláx, مزبع mazbáh
- abattoir in Tagalog
- bahay-katayan, lapaan
- abattoir in Arabic
- مَسْلَخ maslaḵ, مَجْزَر majzar
- abattoir in Malay
- rumah sembelihan, rumah potong, rumah sembelih, pejagalan
- abattoir in Indonesian
- rumah jagal, abatoar
- abattoir in Persian
- کشتارگاه koštârgâh, سلاخ خانه sallâx-xâne, مسلخ maslax
- abattoir in Thai
- โรงฆ่าสัตว์ roong-kâa-sàt
- abattoir in Vietnamese
- lò mổ, lò sát sinh
- abattoir in Myanmar
- သားသတ်ရုံ sa:satrum
Synonyms of abattoir
Forms of abattoir
| plural | abattoirs |
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Origin of abattoir
Borrowed from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-ory”).
Words formed from abattoir
Questions about abattoir
- What does abattoir mean?
- Abattoir means a public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
- What is abattoir in Hindi?
- Abattoir in Hindi is बूचड़खाना (būcaṛkhānā), वधशाला (vadhśālā), कसाईखाना (kasāīkhānā). See Abattoir meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abattoir?
- Abattoir is a noun.
- How do you pronounce abattoir?
- Abattoir is pronounced /ˈæb.əˌtwɑː(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of abattoir?
- The plural of abattoir is abattoirs.
Words near abattoir in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abattoir (page history and authors); abattoir (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abattoir (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abattoir (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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