slaughter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈslɔːtə/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /ˈsloːtə/
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• Scotland: /ˈslɔtəɾ/
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• /ˈslɔtɚ/ without the cot–caught merger
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• [ˈslɔɾɚ] without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈslɑtɚ/
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• cot-caught-merger: [ˈslɑɾɚ]
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• rhymes with -ɔːtə(ɹ)
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• homophone: slotter (cot–caught merger)
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Originally named for someone who slaughtered animals for food.

See Slaughters.

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”).

346 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ploje — killing of animals
• Arabic: ذَبْح (ḏabḥ) — killing of animals
• Arabic: ذَبح (dabḥ) — killing of animals
• Armenian: սպանդ (spand) — killing of animals
• Azerbaijani: kəsim — killing of animals
• Belarusian: убо́й (ubój) — killing of animals
• Belarusian: забо́й (zabój) — killing of animals
• Bulgarian: клане́ (klané) — killing of animals
• Chinese Mandarin: 屠宰 (túzǎi) — killing of animals
• Chinese Mandarin: 宰殺 /宰杀 (zǎishā) — killing of animals
• Czech: porážka — killing of animals
• Danish: slakt — killing of animals
• Danish: slagtning — killing of animals
• Dutch: slacht — killing of animals
• Finnish: teurastus — killing of animals
• Finnish: lahti — killing of animals
• Finnish: lahtaus — killing of animals
• French: abattage — killing of animals
• Galician: matanza — killing of animals
• Galician: mata — killing of animals
• Georgian: კვლა (ḳvla) — killing of animals
• Georgian: მოკლავს (moḳlavs) — killing of animals
• German: Schlachtung — killing of animals
• German: Schächtung — killing of animals
• German: Keulung — killing of animals
• German: Notschlachtung — killing of animals
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (slauhts) — killing of animals
• Greek: σφαγή (sfagí) — killing of animals
• Ancient Greek: σφαγή (sphagḗ) — killing of animals
• Hebrew: שְׁחִיטָה (sh'khitá) — killing of animals
• Hindi: वध (vadh) — killing of animals
• Hungarian: mészárlás — killing of animals
• Ingrian: tappajaiset — killing of animals
• Italian: mattanza — killing of animals
• Japanese: 屠殺 (tosatsu) — killing of animals
• Japanese: 殺生 (sesshō) — killing of animals
• Kazakh: сойыс (soiys) — killing of animals
• Kazakh: сою (soü) — killing of animals
• Latin: nex — killing of animals
• Latin: trucīdātiō — killing of animals
• Macedonian: колење (kolenje) — killing of animals
• Malay: penyembelihan — killing of animals
• Manchu: ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ (wambi) — killing of animals
• Navajo: náʼáʼah — killing of animals
• Norwegian Bokmål: slakt — killing of animals
• Norwegian Bokmål: slakting — killing of animals
• Oromo: qaluu — killing of animals
• Iranian Persian: کُشْتار (koštâr) — killing of animals
• Iranian Persian: ذِبْح (zebh) — killing of animals
• Polish: ubój — killing of animals
• Portuguese: matança — killing of animals
• Romanian: abataj — killing of animals
• Russian: убо́й (ubój) — killing of animals
• Russian: забо́й (zabój) — killing of animals
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀кољ — killing of animals
• Serbo-Croatian: кла́ње — killing of animals
• Serbo-Croatian: pòkolj — killing of animals
• Serbo-Croatian: klánje — killing of animals
• Slovak: zabitie — killing of animals
• Slovene: klanje — killing of animals
• Spanish: matanza — killing of animals
• Swahili: uchinjaji — killing of animals
• Swedish: slakt — killing of animals
• Tajik: забҳ (zabh) — killing of animals
• Tajik: куштор (kuštor) — killing of animals
• Turkish: kesim — killing of animals
• Ukrainian: забі́й (zabíj) — killing of animals
• Urdu: ذَبْح (zabh) — killing of animals
• Uzbek: soʻyish — killing of animals
• Volapük: pug — killing of animals
• Volapük: pug ritulik — killing of animals
• Walloon: touwaedje — killing of animals
• Albanian: masakër — killing of many people
• Albanian: therje — killing of many people
• Arabic: مَذْبَحَة (maḏbaḥa) — killing of many people
• Arabic: تَقْتِيل (taqtīl) — killing of many people
• Armenian: կոտորած (kotorac) — killing of many people
• Armenian: սպանդ (spand) — killing of many people
• Azerbaijani: qətliam — killing of many people
• Belarusian: разня́ (raznjá) — killing of many people
• Belarusian: разьня́ (razʹnjá) — killing of many people
• Belarusian: бо́йня (bójnja) — killing of many people
• Belarusian: разні́ца (razníca) — killing of many people
• Belarusian: разьні́ца (razʹníca) — killing of many people
• Bulgarian: сеч (seč) — killing of many people
• Bulgarian: клане́ (klané) — killing of many people
• Catalan: matança — killing of many people
• Catalan: massacre — killing of many people
• Chinese Mandarin: 屠殺 /屠杀 (túshā) — killing of many people
• Chinese Mandarin: 慘案 /惨案 (cǎn'àn) — killing of many people
• Chinese Mandarin: 慘殺 /惨杀 (cǎnshā) — killing of many people
• Chinese Mandarin: 殺戮 /杀戮 (shālù) — killing of many people
• Czech: masakr — killing of many people
• Dutch: slachtpartij — killing of many people
• Dutch: bloedbad — killing of many people
• Dutch: afslachting — killing of many people
• Esperanto: masakro — killing of many people
• Estonian: tapatalg — killing of many people
• Finnish: teurastus — killing of many people
• Finnish: joukkomurha — killing of many people
• Finnish: verilöyly — killing of many people
• Finnish: lahtaus — killing of many people
• French: carnage — killing of many people
• French: tuerie — killing of many people
• French: massacre — killing of many people
• Galician: matanza — killing of many people
• Georgian: ხოცვა-ჟლეტა (xocva-žleṭa) — killing of many people
• Georgian: ხოცვა (xocva) — killing of many people
• German: Schlachtung — killing of many people
• German: Schlächterei — killing of many people
• German: Gemetzel — killing of many people
• German: Metzelei — killing of many people
• Greek: σφαγή (sfagí) — killing of many people
• Hebrew: טֶבַח (tévakh) — killing of many people
• Hungarian: mészárlás — killing of many people
• Hungarian: öldöklés — killing of many people
• Icelandic: slátrun — killing of many people
• Irish: ár — killing of many people
• Irish: eirleach — killing of many people
• Old Irish: ár — killing of many people
• Italian: mattanza — killing of many people
• Italian: carneficina — killing of many people
• Italian: massacro — killing of many people
• Japanese: 虐殺 (gyakusatsu) — killing of many people
• Japanese: 惨殺 (zansatsu) — killing of many people
• Japanese: 殺戮 (satsuriku) — killing of many people
• Kazakh: қанды оқиға (qandy oqiğa) — killing of many people
• Kazakh: қырғын (qyrğyn) — killing of many people
• Kazakh: қанды қырғын (qandy qyrğyn) — killing of many people
• Kazakh: қырғындау (qyrğyndau) — killing of many people
• Korean: 학살 (haksal) — killing of many people
• Central Kurdish: سەر بڕین (ser brrîn) — killing of many people
• Latin: trucīdātiō — killing of many people
• Latin: nex — killing of many people
• Latvian: slaktiņš — killing of many people
• Lithuanian: žudynės — killing of many people
• Lithuanian: skerdynės — killing of many people
• Macedonian: колеж (kolež) — killing of many people
• Macedonian: масакр (masakr) — killing of many people
• Māori: hingahinga — killing of many people
• Māori: parewhero — killing of many people
• Māori: whakapiko — killing of many people
• Māori: tārukenga — killing of many people
• Māori: whārona awatea — killing of many people
• Māori: parekura — killing of many people
• Mongolian: хядлага (xjadlaga) — killing of many people
• Norwegian Bokmål: slakt — killing of many people
• Iranian Persian: کُشْتار (koštâr) — killing of many people
• Polish: rzeź — killing of many people
• Polish: pogrom — killing of many people
• Polish: masakra — killing of many people
• Portuguese: carnificina — killing of many people
• Portuguese: matança — killing of many people
• Portuguese: massacre — killing of many people
• Portuguese: chacina — killing of many people
• Romanian: măcel — killing of many people
• Russian: резня́ (reznjá) — killing of many people
• Russian: ма́ссовое уби́йство (mássovoje ubíjstvo) — killing of many people
• Russian: бо́йня (bójnja) — killing of many people
• Russian: побо́ище (pobóišče) — killing of many people
• Russian: распра́ва (raspráva) — killing of many people
• Russian: погро́м (pogróm) — killing of many people
• Russian: крова́вая ба́ня (krovávaja bánja) — killing of many people
• Russian: мясору́бка (mjasorúbka) — killing of many people
• Russian: кровопроли́тие (krovoprolítije) — killing of many people
• Russian: истребле́ние (istreblénije) — killing of many people
• Scottish Gaelic: àr — killing of many people
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀кољ — killing of many people
• Serbo-Croatian: кла́ње — killing of many people
• Serbo-Croatian: pòkolj — killing of many people
• Serbo-Croatian: klánje — killing of many people
• Slovak: masaker — killing of many people
• Slovak: masakra — killing of many people
• Slovene: pokol — killing of many people
• Slovene: masaker — killing of many people
• Spanish: matanza — killing of many people
• Spanish: masacre — killing of many people
• Spanish: carnicería — killing of many people
• Swedish: massaker — killing of many people
• Swedish: slakt — killing of many people
• Tajik: куштор (kuštor) — killing of many people
• Turkish: katletme — killing of many people
• Turkish: katliam — killing of many people
• Ukrainian: різня́ (riznjá) — killing of many people
• Ukrainian: різани́на (rizanýna) — killing of many people
• Ukrainian: бо́йня (bójnja) — killing of many people
• Ukrainian: маса́кра (masákra) — killing of many people
• Volapük: mipug — killing of many people
• Yiddish: הריגה (harige) — killing of many people
• Bulgarian: разгро́м (razgróm) — a decisive defeat
• Finnish: teurastus — a decisive defeat
• Finnish: rökäletappio — a decisive defeat
• Greek: σφαγή (sfagí) — a decisive defeat
• Irish: ár — a decisive defeat
• Old Irish: ár — a decisive defeat
• Latin: nex — a decisive defeat
• Polish: pogrom — a decisive defeat
• Portuguese: massacre — a decisive defeat
• Russian: разгро́м (razgróm) — a decisive defeat
• Serbo-Croatian: кланица — a decisive defeat
• Serbo-Croatian: klanica — a decisive defeat
• Spanish: escabechina — a decisive defeat
• Albanian: pre — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Arabic: ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Arabic: دبح (dabaḥ) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Arabic: ذَبَح (dabaḥ) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Armenian: մորթել (mortʻel) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Basque: akabatu — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Bengali: হত্যা (hotta) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Bulgarian: коля (kolja) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Czech: porazit — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Czech: porážet — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Danish: slagte — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Dutch: slachten — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Egyptian: d:n-d:T31 (dnd) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Esperanto: buĉi — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Finnish: teurastaa — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Finnish: lahdata — to butcher animals, generally for food
• French: abattre — to butcher animals, generally for food
• German: schlachten — to butcher animals, generally for food
• German: schächten — to butcher animals, generally for food
• German: keulen — to butcher animals, generally for food
• German: notschlachten — to butcher animals, generally for food
• German: metzge — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Greek: σφάζω (sfázo) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Ancient Greek: σφάζω (spházō) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Hawaiian: pepehi — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Hebrew: זָבַח (zavakh) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Icelandic: slátra — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Ingrian: tappaa — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Italian: macellare — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Japanese: 屠る (hofuru) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Japanese: ばらす (barasu) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Kazakh: сою (soü) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Kven: lahđata — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Latvian: nokaut — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Lithuanian: skersti — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Malagasy: sombily — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Malay: sembelih — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Māori: patu — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Mongolian: хядах (xjadax) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Muna: dunsa — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Nahuatl: mictia — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Norwegian: slakte — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Ojibwe: niiwana' — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Polish: szlachtować — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Polish: zaszlachtować — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Polish: zarzynać — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Polish: rżnąć — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Polish: zarżnąć — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Polish: bić — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Portuguese: matar — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Portuguese: abater — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Romanian: măcelări — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Romanian: tăia — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Romanian: omorî — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Russian: ре́зать (rézatʹ) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Russian: зареза́ть (zarezátʹ) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Russian: заре́зать (zarézatʹ) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Russian: заби́ть (zabítʹ) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Russian: заколо́ть (zakolótʹ) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Spanish: matar — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Spanish: carnear — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Swedish: slakta — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Tagalog: sumbali — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Turkish: kesmek — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Ukrainian: рі́зати (rízaty) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Ukrainian: зарі́зати (zarízaty) — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Volapük: pugön — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Volapük: benopugön — to butcher animals, generally for food
• Armenian: կոտորել (kotorel) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Armenian: մորթել (mortʻel) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Bulgarian: избивам (izbivam) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Dutch: afslachten — to massacre people in large numbers
• Finnish: teurastaa — to massacre people in large numbers
• Finnish: lahdata — to massacre people in large numbers
• French: massacrer — to massacre people in large numbers
• French: faire une tuerie — to massacre people in large numbers
• German: abschlachten — to massacre people in large numbers
• German: massakrieren — to massacre people in large numbers
• German: niedermetzeln — to massacre people in large numbers
• Greek: κατασφάζω (katasfázo) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Hawaiian: luku — to massacre people in large numbers
• Icelandic: slátra — to massacre people in large numbers
• Italian: massacrare — to massacre people in large numbers
• Japanese: 殺戮する (satsuriku suru) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Latin: trucīdō — to massacre people in large numbers
• Māori: whārona awatea — to massacre people in large numbers
• Māori: whakawhārona — to massacre people in large numbers
• Nahuatl: mictia — to massacre people in large numbers
• Norwegian: massakrere — to massacre people in large numbers
• Norwegian: slakte — to massacre people in large numbers
• Old Tupi: apiti — to massacre people in large numbers
• Polish: masakrować — to massacre people in large numbers
• Polish: zmasakrować — to massacre people in large numbers
• Portuguese: exterminar — to massacre people in large numbers
• Portuguese: massacrar — to massacre people in large numbers
• Russian: выреза́ть (vyrezátʹ) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Russian: вы́резать (výrezatʹ) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Russian: перере́зать (pererézatʹ) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Russian: перестреля́ть (perestreljátʹ) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Russian: истребля́ть (istrebljátʹ) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Russian: истреби́ть (istrebítʹ) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Russian: выка́шивать (vykášivatʹ) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Russian: устро́ить резню́ (ustróitʹ reznjú) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Russian: учини́ть распра́ву (učinítʹ rasprávu) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Spanish: masacrar — to massacre people in large numbers
• Sumerian: 𒄮 (SÙR) — to massacre people in large numbers
• Swedish: slakta — to massacre people in large numbers
• Turkish: katletmek — to massacre people in large numbers
• Volapük: mipugön — to massacre people in large numbers
• Dutch: afslachten — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Finnish: teurastaa — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Finnish: lahdata — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• French: massacrer — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• French: faire un carnage — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• German: abschlachten — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• German: massakrieren — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• German: niedermetzeln — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Greek: κατακρεουργώ (katakreourgó) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Japanese: 殺戮する (satsuriku suru) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Latin: trucīdō — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Nahuatl: mictia — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Norwegian: slakte — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Polish: masakrować — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Polish: zmasakrować — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Polish: zarzynać — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Polish: rżnąć — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Polish: zarżnąć — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Portuguese: massacrar — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Russian: зве́рски уби́ть (zvérski ubítʹ) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Russian: вы́резать (výrezatʹ) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Russian: изуве́чить (izuvéčitʹ) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Russian: оста́вить мо́крое ме́сто (ostávitʹ mókroje mésto) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Russian: изруби́ть в капу́сту (izrubítʹ v kapústu) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Russian: стере́ть в порошо́к (sterétʹ v porošók) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Russian: живо́го ме́ста не оста́вить (živóvo mésta ne ostávitʹ) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Russian: распра́виться (rasprávitʹsja) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Russian: надруѓаться (nadruǵatʹsja) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Spanish: masacrar — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Spanish: matar — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Spanish: carnear — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Sumerian: 𒄮 (SÙR) — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Swedish: slakta — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Turkish: katletmek — to kill in a particularly brutal manner
• Volapük: mipugön — to kill in a particularly brutal manner