abattoir
French, noun/a.ba.twaʁ/
abattoir is a French masculine noun meaning “abattoir, slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâtiment où l’on tue les bestiaux pour les boucheries”.
What does abattoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabattoir, slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered)
Cet abattoir est vaste et bien aéré.
- 2
masculineabattoir, slaughterhouse (place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed)
aller à l'abattoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bâtiment où l’on tue les bestiaux pour les boucheries. 2. Guillotine. 3. Lieu où la santé, la liberté ou la vie est menacée (tribunal, cachot). 4. Lieu de mort brutale, de boucherie, de massacre systématique.
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 abattoir
- abattoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abattoir?
- /a.ba.twaʁ/
- \a.ba.twaʁ\
- [a.ba.twaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abattoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abattoir in French?
abattoir 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).