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l’abattoir

/a.ba.twaʁ/ noun · masculine B2
  1. abattoir, slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered) · Cet abattoir est vaste et bien aéré. This slaughterhouse is large and well-ventilated.
  2. abattoir, slaughterhouse (place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed) (figuratively) · aller à l'abattoir to go to the slaughterhouse· envoyer à l'abattoir to send to the slaughterhouse

Plural abattoirs

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