different between slaughterer vs massacrer

English

Etymology

slaughter +? -er

Noun

slaughterer (plural slaughterers)

1. Agent noun of slaughter; one who slaughters.
2. A butcher (as a profession or job).
3. A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.

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English

Etymology

massacre +? -er

Noun

massacrer (plural massacrers)

1. One who massacres.

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Anagrams

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French

Etymology

From Middle French massacrer, from Old French macecrer, macecler, probably from Vulgar Latin *matteucul?re, from *matteuca (whence French massue), from *mattea or Late Latin mattia, from Latin mateola (“hoe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.sa.k?e/

Verb

massacrer

1. to massacre (kill)
2. (figuratively) to do something badly

   Il a massacré cette chanson - he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")

Conjugation

Related terms

• massacre
• massue

Descendants

• ? Italian: massacrare

Further reading

• “massacrer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).