porcine

English

Etymology

From Middle French porcin, from Old French [Term?], from Latin porcinus, from porcus (“pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊɹ.sin/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊɹ.sɪn/

Adjective

porcine (comparative more porcine, superlative most porcine)

1. Of or pertaining to pigs.
2. (derogatory) Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; morbidly obese.

Related terms

• porcus
• pork

 

Translations

of or pertaining to the pig

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: խոզի (hy) (xozi), խոզային (hy) (xozayin)
• Aromanian: purtsescu
• Catalan: porquí, porcí
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猪的 (zh)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: varkens-
• Esperanto: porka
• Finnish: sika-, sian-
• French: porcin (fr)
• German: Schweine- (de), Schweins- (de), porzin (de), porcin, schweineähnlich, schweineartig, schweinisch
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: porcino (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: porcin
• Polish: świński (pl), wieprzowy (pl)
• Portuguese: porcino (pt), suíno (pt)
• Romanian: porcin (ro), porcesc (ro)
• Russian: свино́й (ru) (svinój)
• Spanish: porcino (es)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

morbidly obese

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: խոզանման (hy) (xozanman), խոզ (hy) (xoz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猪一样的, 病态肥胖 (zh) (bìngtài féipàng)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: moddervet (nl)
• Finnish: liikalihava
• French: bouffi (fr)
• German: fettleibig (de)
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: gordíssimo
• Russian: ожире́вший (ru) (ožirévšij)
• Spanish: obeso (es), gordo (es)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• coprine, poncier, preonic

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French

Adjective

porcine

1. feminine singular of porcin

Derived terms

• grippe porcine

Anagrams

• pioncer

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Italian

Adjective

porcine

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective porcino.

Anagrams

• coprine, crepino

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) porcīne

1. vocative masculine singular of porcīnus