abattoir
Meanings
Noun
1. abattoir, slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered)
2. abattoir, slaughterhouse (place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed) (figuratively)
Examples6
envoyer à l'abattoir
to send to the slaughterhouse
aller à l'abattoir
to go to the slaughterhouse
Cet abattoir est vaste et bien aéré.
This slaughterhouse is large and well-ventilated.
Nous sommes dans un abattoir.
We're in a slaughterhouse.
C'est un abattoir.
It's a slaughterhouse.
Les cochons sont tués à l'abattoir.
Pigs are killed in the slaughterhouse.