abattoir

1. A slaughterhouse.
2. Something likened to a slaughterhouse: "The hand of God and mankind's self-inflicted blows seem equally heavy ... giving a strong cumulative impression of the world as an abattoir" (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

[French, from abattre, to strike down, from Old French. See abate.]

A building for the slaughter of animals for human food. It may vary in size and sophistication depending on location and local government ordinance but it should contain the following facilities or have them close by: a slaughter area, an area for emergency slaughter, refrigeration area, condemned meat area and space for holding suspect meat, offal, gut and tripe area, hide and skin area, cutting room, despatch area, amenities for personnel, a veterinary officer's room, preferably including a laboratory, and accommodation for animals awaiting slaughter, called lairage. Called also slaughterhouse, meat packing plant.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - slagtehus, slagteri

Nederlands (Dutch)
slachthuis

Français (French)
n. - abattoir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlachthaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σφαγείο

Italiano (Italian)
mattatoio, macello

Português (Portuguese)
n. - abatedouro (m)

Русский (Russian)
скотобойня

Español (Spanish)
n. - matadero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slakthus

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
屠宰场, 角斗场

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 屠宰場, 角鬥場

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도살장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 屠殺場, 肉体を酷使する場所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مسلخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית-מטבחיים, משחטה‬

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