boucherie
la boucherie
A feminine noun is used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la dame, la lune).
a. butcher shop
Chaque samedi, Rémi va à la boucherie pour acheter du bœuf.Every Saturday, Rémi goes to the butcher shop to buy beef.
b. butcher
La viande au supermarché n’a pas l’air fraîche. Allons à la boucherie en ville.The meat in the supermarket doesn't look fresh. Let's go to the butcher in town.
c. butcher's
Mon mari travaille à la boucherie du quartier.My husband works at the neighborhood butcher's.
2. (meat trade)
a. butchery
Marc est passionné par les pratiques éthiques en boucherie.Marc is passionate about ethical practices in butchery.
3. (slaughter of an animal) (Québec) (Switzerland)
Regionalism used in Québec.
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
a. butchering
Luc a toujours détesté le jour de la boucherie à la ferme familiale.Luc always hated butchering day on his family's farm.
4. (figurative) (massacre)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
a. slaughter (figurative)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
Les chevaliers médiévaux tendirent une embuscade à l’ennemi. Ce fut une véritable boucherie.The medieval knights ambushed the enemy. It was a veritable slaughter.
b. bloodbath (figurative)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
Lorsque les deux gangs s’affrontent dans ce film, c’est une vraie boucherie.When the two gangs confront each other in this movie, it's a real bloodbath.
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