English Explanatory Dictionary

slaughter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The killing of animals, generally for food.
  2. A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
  3. A mass destruction of non-living things.
  4. A rout or decisive defeat.
  5. A group of iguanas.
verb
  1. To butcher animals, generally for food.
  2. To massacre people in large numbers.
  3. To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A town in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, from the surname.
name
  1. Used in the placenames of the Slaughters, Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter.

Pronunciation

/ˈslɔːtə/ /ˈsloːtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slaughter.wav /ˈslɔtəɾ/ /ˈslɔtɚ/ [ˈslɔɾɚ] /ˈslɑtɚ/ [ˈslɑɾɚ]

Word forms

slaughter slaughters slaughtre slaughtering slaughtered

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”).

Synonyms

mess

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

Albanian: masakër Albanian: therje Arabic: مَذْبَحَة Arabic: تَقْتِيل Armenian: կոտորած Armenian: սպանդ Azerbaijani: qətliam Belarusian: разня́ Belarusian: разьня́ Belarusian: бо́йня Belarusian: разні́ца Belarusian: разьні́ца Bulgarian: сеч Bulgarian: клане́ Catalan: matança Catalan: massacre Chinese Mandarin: 屠殺 /屠杀 Chinese Mandarin: 慘案 /惨案 Chinese Mandarin: 慘殺 /惨杀 Chinese Mandarin: 殺戮 /杀戮 Czech: masakr Dutch: slachtpartij Dutch: bloedbad Dutch: afslachting Esperanto: masakro Estonian: tapatalg Finnish: teurastus Finnish: joukkomurha Finnish: verilöyly Finnish: lahtaus French: carnage French: tuerie French: massacre Galician: matanza Georgian: ხოცვა-ჟლეტა Georgian: ხოცვა German: Schlachtung German: Schlächterei German: Gemetzel German: Metzelei Greek: σφαγή Hebrew: טֶבַח Hungarian: mészárlás Hungarian: öldöklés Icelandic: slátrun Irish: ár Irish: eirleach Old Irish: ár Italian: mattanza Italian: carneficina Italian: massacro Japanese: 虐殺 Japanese: 惨殺 Japanese: 殺戮 Korean: 학살 Central Kurdish: سەر بڕین Latin: trucīdātiō Latin: nex Latvian: slaktiņš Lithuanian: žudynės Lithuanian: skerdynės Macedonian: колеж Macedonian: масакр Māori: hingahinga Māori: parewhero Māori: whakapiko Māori: tārukenga Māori: whārona awatea Māori: parekura Mongolian: хядлага Norwegian Bokmål: slakt Iranian Persian: کُشْتار Polish: rzeź Polish: pogrom Polish: masakra Portuguese: carnificina Portuguese: matança Portuguese: massacre Portuguese: chacina Romanian: măcel Russian: резня́ Russian: ма́ссовое уби́йство Russian: бо́йня Russian: побо́ище Russian: распра́ва Russian: погро́м Russian: крова́вая ба́ня Russian: мясору́бка Russian: кровопроли́тие Russian: истребле́ние Scottish Gaelic: àr
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