abattage
French, noun/a.ba.taʒ/
abattage is spelled A-B-A-T-T-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abattage is a French masculine noun meaning “slaughter or butchering for meat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’abattre, de faire tomber les bois qui sont sur pied”.
What does abattage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslaughter or butchering for meat
- 2
masculinefelling or cutting down of (trees)
- 3
masculinedestruction, demolition of (a wall)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’abattre, de faire tomber les bois qui sont sur pied. 2. Action de tuer des animaux, en vue de la boucherie, pour limiter la prolifération d’une espèce ou par précaution contre une épidémie. 3. En grande quantité. 4. Action de retourner une pierre, une pièce de bois dans un chantier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abattage
- abattages plural
- abatage dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abattage?
- /a.ba.taʒ/
- \a.ba.taʒ\
- [a.ba.taʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abattage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abattage in French?
abattage appears 2.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).