swine

swine

 (swīn)

n. pl. swine

1. Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout, especially the domesticated pig.

2. A person regarded as contemptible or disgusting.

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[Middle English, from Old English swīn; see sū- in Indo-European roots.]

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swine

(swaɪn)

npl swinespl swine

1. a coarse or contemptible person

2. (Animals) another name for a pig

[Old English swīn; related to Old Norse svīn, Gothic swein, Latin suīnus relating to swine]

ˈswineˌlike adj

ˈswinish adj

ˈswinishly adv

ˈswinishness n

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swine

(swaɪn)

n., pl. swine.

1. any stout artiodactyl mammal of the Old World family Suidae, having a disklike snout and a thick hide usu. sparsely covered with coarse hair. Compare hog, pig, wild boar.

2. the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.

3. a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.

4. a contemptible person.

[before 900; Old English swīn, c. Old High German swīn, Old Norse svīn, Gothic swein hog, Latin suīnus (adj.) porcine; akin to sow²]

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swine

• gruntle - Can be used for swine, meaning "to make a little grunt."
• pig - Originally meant just "young pig" until the 16th century—the word in Old and Middle English for the animal was swine.
• swine - The collective (and ancestral) term for domesticated pigs and hogs; a hog is 120 pounds and ready for market, while a pig is immature and weighs less.
• chat - To call a swine.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot family Suidae, Suidae - pigs; hogs; boars pig, squealer, Sus scrofa, grunter, hog - domestic swine boar - an uncastrated male hog sow - an adult female hog razorback, razorback hog, razorbacked hog - a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States boar, Sus scrofa, wild boar - Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States babiroussa, babirusa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa - Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth warthog - African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks

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swine

plural noun

Related words
collective nouns herd, sounder, dryft

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Translations

خِنْزيرشَخْص قَذِر

prasesvině

svin

SchweinAas

γουρούνι

canallacerdochanchopuerco

sika

cochonporcpourceausalaudvache

svínsvín, òorpari

porcomaialesuino

cūka

zwijn

svin

suíno

свинья

svin

domuzhınzır

下流坯子猪

swine

[swaɪn]

A. N

1. (Zool) (pl inv) → cerdo m, puerco m

2. (fig) (= person) → canalla mf, cochino/a m/f, marrano/a m/f
you swine! → ¡canalla!
what a swine he is! → ¡es un canalla!

B. CPD swine fever N → fiebre f porcina

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swine

[ˈswaɪn] n

[swine] [ˈswaɪn] (pl) (= pig) → pourceau m, porc m

(= person) → salaud m

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swine

n

pl <-> (old, form) → Schwein nt ? pearl² N

pl <-s> (pej inf: = man) → (gemeiner) Hund (inf); (= woman) → gemeine Sau (sl); this translation is a swine → diese Übersetzung ist wirklich gemein (inf)

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swine

:

swine fever

n → Schweinepest f

swineherd

n (old) → Schweinehirt(in) m(f)

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swine

[swaɪn] n

a. (fig) (fam!) (person) → porco (fam!)
you swine! → brutto porco!

b. (pl inv) (old) (pig) → maiale m

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swine

(swain) noun

1. (plural swine) an old word for a pig. vark خِنْزير свиня porco prase das Schwein svin χοίροςcerdo siga خوك sika pourceauחזיר सूअर svinja, krme disznó babi svín porco 豚 돼지 kiaulė cūka babi zwijngris, svinświnia, drań خوګ، سرکوزی porco porc свинья prasa svinja svinja svin หมู domuz (古)豬 свиня, свині سؤر con heo （古）猪

2. (plural swines) an offensive word for a person who behaves in a cruel or disgusting way towards others. vark شَخْص قَذِر прен. свиня porco svině das Schwein svin γουρούνιcerdo, guarro siga خوك صفت sika salaud מְנוּוָל शूकर svinja, prase disznó bangsat svín, þorpari porco, maiale 嫌な奴 비열한 놈, 호색한 kiaulė cūka maki hamun zwijnsvinświnia خوک صفته porco netrebnic свинья sviňa svinja svinja svin คนเลว; คนน่ารังเกียจ domuz, hınzır 下流胚子 свиня, нахаба بے غیرت شخص người đáng ghét 下流坯子

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