slaughter
English
/ˈslɔːtə/, /ˈslɔtɚ/, /ˈslɑtɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- A rout or decisive defeat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English slaughter derived from Old Norse *slahtr derived from Proto-Germanic *slahtrą suf from English slay derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (throw, hit, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*slak-
Gloss
throw, hit, strike
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antislaughter English
- cat English
- catslaughter English
- deer English
- deerslaughter English
- foreslay English
- god English
- godslaughter English
- hall English
- house English
- man English
- manslaughter English
- manslaughterer English
- manslaughterous English
- overslay English
- person English
- preslaughter English
- self-slaughter English
- selfslaughter English
- slaughterable English
- slaughterbot English
- slaughterdom English
- slaughterer English
- slaughteress English
- slaughterhall English
- slaughterhouse English
- slaughterless English
- slaughterman English
- slaughterous English
- slaughterously English
- slaughterperson English
- slaughterwoman English
- slay English
- slayable English
- slayage English
- slayee English
- slayer English
- slayest English
- slayeth English
- unslaughterable English
- woman English
- Schlachter German
- Schlachthaus German
- Schlachthof German
- Schlachtung German
- Slacht German
- abschlachten German
- schlachten German
- afslachten Dutch, Flemish
- slachten Dutch, Flemish
- slachter Dutch, Flemish
- slachterij Dutch, Flemish
- slachthuis Dutch, Flemish
- slachtoffer Dutch, Flemish
- *slak- Proto-Indo-European
- *slahaną Proto-Germanic
- *slahtiz Proto-Germanic
- *slahtrą Proto-Germanic
- *slōgiz Proto-Germanic
- mann Old English
- slieht Old English
- manslaȝter Middle English
- slaughter Middle English
- sleen Middle English
- *slahtr Old Norse
- slátr Old Norse
- slagter Danish
- slachten Middle Dutch
- slahten Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- slachten Middle Low German
- srakti Sranan Tongo
- cat
- man
- god
- deer
- hall
- slay
- woman
- house
- slayee
- person
- slayer
- slayeth
- slayest
- slayage
- slayable
- overslay
- foreslay
- slaughterer
- slaughterman
- slaughterdom
- catslaughter
- slaughterous
- slaughteress
- godslaughter
- manslaughter
- slaughterbot
- preslaughter
- antislaughter
- slaughterable
- slaughterless
- slaughterhall
- deerslaughter
- selfslaughter
- self-slaughter
- slaughterhouse
- manslaughterer
- slaughterously
- slaughterwoman
- manslaughterous
- unslaughterable
- slaughterperson