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abattoir
ab·at·toir
/
ˈæb
əˌtwɑr, ˌæb
əˈtwɑr
/
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[
ab
-
uh
-twahr, ab-
uh
-
twahr
]
Show IPA
noun
a slaughterhouse.
Origin:
1810–20;
<
French,
equivalent to
abatt
(
re
) to slaughter (see
abate
) +
-oir
-ory
2
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abattoir
(ˈæbəˌtwɑː)
—
n
another name for
slaughterhouse
[C19: French, from
abattre
to fell]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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abattoir
"slaughterhouse for cows," 1820, from Fr. abattre "to beat down" (see
abate
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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