swine

swine  (swn)

n. pl. swine

1. Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, including pigs, hogs, and boars, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout.

2. A person regarded as brutish or contemptible.

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[Middle English, from Old English swn; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

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swine [swaɪn]

n

1. pl swines a coarse or contemptible person

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) pl swine another name for a pig

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

swinelike  adj

swinish  adj

swinishly  adv

swinishness  n

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

Translations

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 [swaɪn] n

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

b. (pl inv) (old) (pig) → maiale m

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swine

n swine [swain]

1 (pluralswine) an old word for a pig. vark خِنْزير свиня prase svin das Schwein χοίρος (αρχ.) cerdo siga خوك sika pourceau חֲזִיר सूअर svinja, krme disznó babi svín porco 豚 돼지 kiaulė cūka babi zwijn gris, svin świnia, drań porco porc свинья prasa svinja svinja svin สุกร domuz (古)豬 свиня, свині سؤر con heo （古）猪

2 (pluralswines) an offensive word for a person who behaves in a cruel or disgusting way towards others. vark شَخْص قَذِر прен. свиня svině svin das Schwein γουρούνι (μειωτ.) cerdo, 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 zwijn svin świnia porco netrebnic свинья sviňa svinja svinja svin คนตะกละ domuz, hınzır 下流胚子 свиня, нахаба بے غیرت شخص người đáng ghét 下流坯子