massacre

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

massacre

attested in the 11th century in the forms macecre or macecle, "butchery", in the 12th century maçacre and in the 13th century marçacre ("mass killing of many people").

Definitions

chasse

Synonyms

Plural

massacres

Translations

  • germangerman:Massaker
  • englishenglish:bloodbath
  • spanishspanish:degüello
  • dutchdutch:slachting
  • russianrussian:массовое убийство

See also

massacreuse (cn.) massacrant (adj.) massacrer (v.) massacreur (cn.) massacres (v.)