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Pig

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Table of contents
1 Pronunciation
2 Noun

2.1 Scientific name
2.2 Translations

3 Adjective
4 Derived terms

Pronunciation

Noun

pig (plural pigs)

  1. A mammal of the genus Sus, often raised on farms for meat.
  2. A greedy person; someone who overeats or has eats rapidly and noisily.
  3. A nasty person.
  4. A dirty person.
  5. (derogatory slang) A police officer.
  6. A difficult problem.

Scientific name

Translations

mammal

  • Latin: porcus
  • Latvian: cūka f
  • Lithuanian: kiaulė
  • Lower Sorbian: swinja
  • Macedonian: свиња (svinja)
  • Malay: babi
  • Maltese: ħanżir
  • Maori: poaka
  • Norwegian: svin, gris
  • Occitan: pòrc
  • Persian: خوك (Khuk)
  • Polish: świnia
  • Portuguese: porc m
  • Romanian: porc
  • Romanica: porco m, porca f
  • Romansh: portg
  • Romany: balo m, bali f
  • Russian: свинья (svin'ja)
  • Sami: spiidni
  • Sardinian: procu, tzotzu, tzotzoi, mannali
  • Scottish: muc
  • Serbian: свиња (svinja)
  • Slovak: prasa n (1)
  • Slovenian: prašič m, svinja f
  • Spanish: cerdo m
  • Swedish: gris, svin
  • Tagalog: baboy
  • Tok Pisin: pik
  • Turkish: domuz
  • Ukrainian: свиня (svinja)
  • Upper Sorbian: swinjo
  • Welsh: mochyn


greedy person

  • Finnish: ahmatti
  • Italian: porco m, maiale m


nasty person

  • Bosnian: svinja f
  • Finnish: ilkimys
  • French: salaud m
  • Italian: bastardo m, bastarda f, stronzo m, stronza f
  • Latvian: cūka f
  • Slovene: svinja f, prasec m


dirty person

  • Bosnian: svinja f
  • Finnish: sika, possu
  • Italian: porco m, maiale m
  • Latvian: cūka f
  • Slovene: prašič m


derogatory slang: police officer


difficult problem


Adjective

  1. Used in certain set phrases to mean imitation, not real.
    pig Latin
    pig iron

Derived terms


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WordNet Definitions

The noun "pig" has six senses: The verb "pig" has three senses:

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