pigsty

English

Etymology

From pig +‎ sty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ̯/, [ˈpʰɪɡˌstaɪ̯]

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• Hyphenation: pig‧sty

Noun

pigsty (plural pigsties)

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2. An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

   Synonyms: hogpen, hogsty, pigpen, sty

   Coordinate term: (sometimes synonymous) hoghouse

   The lower pasture also contains a pigsty.

   • 1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 10:

     Then the next thing
     They made a swing,
     But Jill set up a big cry,
     For the swing gave way,
     In the midst of the play,
     And threw her into the pigsty.

4. (colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.

   Synonym: pigpen

   This room is a pigsty. When are you going to clean it?

   • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 20:

     "It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively.

Translations

enclosure where pigs are kept

• Albanian: thark m, ahur derrash m, stallë derrash f
• Arabic: زَرِيبَةُ خَنَازِير f (zarībatu ḵanāzīr)

  Egyptian Arabic: زريبة خنازير f (zerībat xanazīr)

• Armenian: խոզանոց (hy) (xozanocʻ)
• Azerbaijani: donuz damı
• Basque: txerritegi, urdandegi
• Belarusian: свіна́рнік m (svinárnik), хлеў m (xljew)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: tangkal (bcl)

• Bulgarian: кочина (bg) f (kočina), свинарник m (svinarnik)
• Burmese: ဝက်ခြံ (my) (wakhkram)
• Catalan: cort de porcs f, porcatera (ca) f, porcellera (ca) f, soll (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豬圈 / 猪圈 (zh) (zhūjuàn), 豬舍 / 猪舍 (zhūshè), 豬窩 / 猪窝 (zhūwō), 豬欄 / 猪栏 (zh) (zhūlán), 豬牢 / 猪牢, 猪窠 (zh) (zhūkē), 豬溷 / 猪溷 (zhūhùn), 溷 (zh) (hùn)

• Corsican: purcile (co), purcili (co) m
• Czech: chlívek m, vepřín (cs) m
• Dalmatian: cosuol m
• Danish: svinesti c
• Dutch: varkensstal (nl) m, zwijnenstal (nl) m
• Esperanto: porkejo (eo)
• Finnish: sikolätti (fi)
• French: porcherie (fr) f
• Galician: cortello (gl) m, subeiro m, chafuldra f, porcariza f
• Georgian: საღორე (saɣore)
• German: Saustall (de) m, Koben (de) m, Schweinestall (de) m

  Alemannic German: Süüwfigler

• Greek: χοιροστάσιο (el) n (choirostásio)

  Ancient Greek: συφεός m (supheós), χοιροτροφεῖον n (khoirotropheîon), χοιροκομεῖον n (khoirokomeîon)

• Hindi: सुरवाड़ी (hi) (survāṛī)
• Hungarian: disznóól (hu)
• Icelandic: svínastía (is) f
• Ingrian: pahna
• Irish: cró muc m, cró muice m

  Old Irish: muccḟoil f, foil f

• Italian: porcile (it) m
• Japanese: 豚舎 (ja) (とんしゃ, tonsha), 豚小屋 (ja) (ぶたごや, butagoya)
• Kabuverdianu: txikeru, txeker
• Lao: ຄອກໝູ (lo) (khǭk mū)
• Latin: hara f, suīle n
• Latvian: cūkkūts m
• Lithuanian: kiauli̇̀dė f
• Macedonian: сви́њарник m (svínjarnik), ко́чина f (kóčina)
• Manchu: ᡠᠨ (un)
• Māori: pākoro poaka, pahiko poaka, pākoro, pākorokoro, rāihe poaka
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: yòhjàm

• Norman: cotte à couochons f, porquerie f, hourdé m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svinesti m

• Old English: hlose
• Plautdietsch: Schwienhock n
• Polish: chlew (pl) m, świniarnia (pl)
• Portuguese: pocilga (pt) f, chiqueiro (pt) m
• Romanian: cocină (ro) f
• Romansh: uigl da portgs m
• Russian: свина́рник (ru) m (svinárnik), хлев (ru) m (xlev), свина́рня (ru) f (svinárnja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свињац m

  Latin: svinjac (sh) m

• Slovak: chlievik m
• Slovene: svinjak (sl) m
• Spanish: pocilga (es) f, chiquero (es) m, cochiquera (es) f, cochitril (es) m, porqueriza (es) f, zahúrda f
• Swedish: svinstia (sv) c
• Tagalog: ulbo, banlat
• Thai: คอกหมู
• Tok Pisin: haus bilong pik, haus pik
• Turkish: domuz ahırı

  Ottoman Turkish: طوڭوزلق (doñuzluk)

• Udmurt: парсь гид (parś gid)
• Ukrainian: свина́рник m (svynárnyk), хлів (uk) m (xliv)
• Vietnamese: chuồng lợn
• Welsh: cwt moch m, twlc moch m

dirty or very untidy place

• Armenian: խոզանոց (hy) (xozanocʻ)
• Bulgarian: бардак (bg) m (bardak), кочина (bg) f (kočina)
• Catalan: cort de porcs f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豬圈 / 猪圈 (zh) (zhūjuàn), 豬窩 / 猪窝 (zhūwō)

• Czech: chlívek m
• Danish: svinesti c
• Dutch: zwijnenstal (nl) m
• Finnish: sikolätti (fi), läävä (fi)
• French: porcherie (fr) f, bordel (fr) m
• Galician: cortello (gl) m
• Georgian: საღორე (saɣore)
• German: Saustall (de) m
• Greek: χοιροστάσιο (el) n (choirostásio)
• Hungarian: disznóól (hu)
• Icelandic: svínastía (is) f
• Italian: porcile (it) m
• Japanese: 豚小屋 (ja) (ぶたごや, butagoya)
• Kabuverdianu: txikeru, txeker
• Latvian: cūkkūts m
• Lithuanian: kiauli̇̀dė f
• Macedonian: сви́њарник m (svínjarnik), ко́чина f (kóčina)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svinesti m

• Polish: chlew (pl) m
• Portuguese: pocilga (pt) f, chiqueiro (pt) m
• Romanian: cocină (ro) f
• Russian: свина́рник (ru) m (svinárnik), хлев (ru) m (xlev), барда́к (ru) m (bardák), срач (ru) m (srač)
• Serbo-Croatian: ćurak (sh)

  Cyrillic: свињац m

  Latin: svinjac (sh) m

• Spanish: pocilga (es) f, chiquero (es) m, cuchitril (es) m
• Turkish: ahır (tr)