piggery

English

Etymology

pig +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

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Noun

piggery (plural piggeries)

1. A place, such as a farm, where pigs are kept or raised.
   • 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 99:

     Two heavy pails of swill—meat scraps floating in custard—from the school kitchens to be carried with a friend, Hans Solish, all the way to the piggery.

2. Piggish behaviour.

Translations

A place where pigs are kept or raised

• Bikol Central: urigan
• Bulgarian: свинарник m (svinarnik)
• Danish: grisefarm c (farm), svinefarm c (farm), grisestald c (building), svinestald c (building)
• Finnish: sikala (fi)
• French: porcherie (fr)
• Hungarian: disznóól (hu)
• Irish: cró muc m, cró muice m
• Macedonian: сви́њарник m (svínjarnik), пра́сарник m (prásarnik), ко́чина f (kóčina)
• Russian: свина́рник (ru) m (svinárnik)
• Tagalog: babuyan
• Turkish: domuz ahırı

Piggish behaviour

• Bulgarian: свинщина (bg) f (svinština)
• Macedonian: свиња́рија f (svinjárija)
• Malay: kebabian
• Ottoman Turkish: طوڭوزلق (doñuzluk)
• Russian: сви́нство (ru) m (svínstvo)