abattage

abattage [abataʒ]

masculine noun

[d'animal] slaughter ; [d'arbre] cutting down

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abataʒ

nom masculin

1) (d'arbre) felling [U]

2) (d'animal de boucherie) slaughter [U]

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abataʒ nm

1) [arbres] cutting down, felling

2) [bétail] slaughter

abattage rituel — ritual slaughter

3) péjoratif (traitement à la chaîne de cas, de clients)

faire de l'abattage [commerçant] — to get through dozens of clients, [médecin] to get through dozens of patients, [prostituée] to turn dozens of tricks * to get through a lot of customers

4) (= entrain, énergie) get-up-and-go

avoir de l'abattage — to be very dynamic, to have plenty of get-up-and-go

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abattage nm

1 (d'arbre) felling ¢;

2 (d'animal de boucherie) slaughter ¢; abattage rituel ritual slaughter;

3 (de minerai) mining, working; abattage à l'explosif blasting;

4 ○(énergie) dynamism; avoir de l'abattage to be very dynamic;

5 ○(prostitution) prostitution with a rapid turnover of clients.

[abataʒ] nom masculin

1. [d'arbres] felling

2. [d'animaux] slaughter, slaughtering

3. MINES extraction, extracting

4. (familier & locution)

avoir de l'abattage to be full of go