"slaught" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: slaughts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English slaught, slagt, slaȝt, from Old English slæht, sleaht, sleht, slieht (“a stroke, a striking, a flash of lightning, slaughter, murder, death by violence, the deadly stroke of disease, battle, what is to be killed, animals for slaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, *slahtiz (“beating, hitting, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *slek- (“to beat, pound”). Cognate with Dutch slacht (“slaughter”), German Schlacht (“killing, battle”), Swedish slakt (“slaughter”), Icelandic slátta (“slaughter”). Related to English slay. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slaught}} Middle English slaught, {{inh|en|ang|slæht}} Old English slæht, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slahtō}} Proto-Germanic *slahtō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*slek-|t=to beat, pound}} Proto-Indo-European *slek- (“to beat, pound”), {{cog|nl|slacht|t=slaughter}} Dutch slacht (“slaughter”), {{cog|de|Schlacht|t=killing, battle}} German Schlacht (“killing, battle”), {{cog|sv|slakt|t=slaughter}} Swedish slakt (“slaughter”), {{cog|is|slátta|t=slaughter}} Icelandic slátta (“slaughter”), {{cog|en|slay}} English slay Head templates: {{en-noun}} slaught (plural slaughts)
  1. Killing; slaughter. Categories (topical): Death Derived forms: manslaught (english: whence manslaughter), onslaught Related terms: slaught-beam (english: probably, but not necessarily, etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-slaught-en-noun-fVOr~mxL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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