abatedouro

Portuguese

abatedouro

Etymology

Abater (to butcher) with -douro (suffix indicating location), of abater, from Vulgar Latin *abbatuere or *abattere, from Latin ad (to) with battuere (beat). Cognate with English and French abattoir.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): [aˌbatɯˈdowɾu]
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): [aˌbateˈdo(w)ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧te‧dou‧ro

Noun

abatedouro m (plural abatedouros)

  1. slaughterhouse (place where animals are slaughtered)

Synonyms

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