swine

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swaɪn/, SAMPA: /swaIn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology

Old English swīn, related to German Schwein, Polish świnia, Russian свинья

Noun

swine (plural swine or swines)

1. (plural swine) Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae.
2. (pejorative) A contemptible person (plural swines).
3. (archaic) Plural form of sow.

Derived terms

• swineflesh
• swine flu
• swineherd
• swine influenza

Translations

animal

Armenian: խոզ (hy) (xoz) Bosnian: svinja (bs) Catalan: porc (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 豬 (zh), 猪 (zh) Dutch: zwijn (nl) n. Faroese: svín (fo) n. Finnish: sika (fi) French: pourceau (fr) m., cochon (fr) m., porc (fr) m. German: Schwein (de) n. Hebrew: חזיר (he) (Hazir)

Hungarian: sertés (hu) Italian: suino (it) m. Japanese: ブタ (豚, buta) Korean: 돼지 (dwaeji) Polish: świnia (pl) f. Portuguese: suíno (pt) m. Russian: свинья (ru) (svin’já) f. Spanish: cerdo (es) m., puerco (es) m., chancho (es) m. Swedish: svin (sv) Ukrainian: свиня (uk) (svyn'já) f.

person

Chinese: Mandarin: 卑贱 (zh)的人 Dutch: smeerlap m. Finnish: sika (fi) German: Schwein (de) n. Hungarian: disznó (hu) Italian: porco (it) m.

Korean: 돼지 (dwaeji) Polish: świnia (pl) f. Russian: свинья (ru) (svin’já) m. and f. Spanish: cerdo (es), canalla (es) Swedish: svin (sv)

See also

• Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

• sinew
• Wenis
• wines
• wisen