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Translate bloodletting from English to French

Summary

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bloodletting:
- boucherie; massacre; carnage; hécatombe
Wiktionary:
- bloodletting → saignée
- bloodletting → effusion de sang, saignée

English

Detailed Translations for bloodletting from English to French

bloodletting:

bloodletting [the ~] nomen

the bloodletting (bloodshed)
la boucherie; le massacre; le carnage; l'hécatombe
- boucherie [la ~] nomen
- massacre [le ~] nomen
- carnage [le ~] nomen
- hécatombe [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for bloodletting:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
boucherie	bloodletting; bloodshed	abattoir; bloodbath; butcher; butcher's; butcher's shop; butchery; kill; killing off; massacre; pork-butchery; pork-shop; slaughter; slaughterhouse; slaughtering; slaughtering-table
carnage	bloodletting; bloodshed	bloodbath; butchery; kill; killing off; massacre; slaughter; slaughtering
hécatombe	bloodletting; bloodshed	bloodbath; butchery; kill; massacre; slaughter
massacre	bloodletting; bloodshed	bloodbath; butchery; kill; killing off; massacre; slaughter; slaughtering
-	battue; bloodbath; bloodshed

Synonyms for "bloodletting":

medical care; medical aid
bloodbath; bloodshed; battue; slaughter; massacre; mass murder; carnage; butchery

Related Definitions for "bloodletting":

indiscriminate slaughter¹
- ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name¹
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)¹

Wiktionary Translations for bloodletting:

bloodletting

noun

ancient medical practice
- bloodletting → saignée

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• bloodletting	→ effusion de sang	↔ Blutvergießen — Eskalation, bei der Menschen verletzt oder getötet werden
• bloodletting	→ saignée	↔ Aderlass — Medizin, historisch: Absaugenlassen von Blut durch Blutegel, früher auch Ablaufenlassen von Blut

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University