swine
English
/swaɪn/
noun
Definitions
- plural swine A pig the animal.
- (pejorative) A contemptible person plural swines.
- (slang) A police officer; a "pig".
- (slang) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English swine inherited from Old English swīn (pig) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swīną derived from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (swine, pig, hog) suffix from English sow (female pig).
Origin
English
sow
Gloss
female pig
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besow English
- bread English
- cote English
- flesh English
- herder English
- herding English
- hound English
- intersow English
- man English
- microswine English
- oversow English
- pox English
- resow English
- sow English
- sowable English
- sowback English
- sowbane English
- sowbelly English
- sowbug English
- sower English
- sowest English
- soweth English
- sowfoot English
- sowgelder English
- sowlike English
- stone English
- sty English
- swinebread English
- swinecote English
- swineflesh English
- swineherder English
- swineherding English
- swinehood English
- swinehound English
- swinelike English
- swineling English
- swineman English
- swinepox English
- swinery English
- swinestone English
- swinesty English
- swineyard English
- swinish English
- swinishly English
- swinishness English
- undersow English
- yard English
- hyoscyamus Latin
- intestīnālis Latin
- suile Latin
- sus Latin
- Bullenschwein German
- Charakterschwein German
- Grunzschwein German
- Hausschwein German
- Meerschwein German
- Meerschweinchen German
- Minischwein German
- Nazischwein German
- Schwein German
- Schweinbär German
- Schweinchen German
- Schweinebraten German
- Schweinefilet German
- Schweinefleisch German
- Schweinehirte German
- Schweinepriester German
- Schweinestall German
- Schweinezucht German
- Schweinkram German
- Schweinshaxe German
- Schweinswal German
- Sparschwein German
- Stachelschwein German
- schweinern German
- schweineteuer German
- everzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- hangbuikzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- hertzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- knobbelzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- wrattenzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- zwijn Dutch, Flemish
- zwijnsspriet Dutch, Flemish
- jusquiame French
- водосвинка Russian
- свинство Russian
- свинья́ Russian
- σῦς Ancient Greek
- ὑοσκύαμος Ancient Greek
- ὑφορβός Ancient Greek
- ὑόσερις Ancient Greek
- ὕαινα Ancient Greek
- ὗς Ancient Greek
- *suH- Proto-Indo-European
- *suH-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *sū- Proto-Indo-European
- chispe Portuguese
- *swīną Proto-Germanic
- *sūz Proto-Germanic
- świneczka Polish
- świnia Polish
- świnka Polish
- mereswin Old English
- swinhierde Old English
- swīn Old English
- सूकर Sanskrit
- sowe Middle English
- swine Middle English
- swinflesch Middle English
- svín Old Norse
- pindsvin Danish
- svin Danish
- vildsvin Danish
- *svinьja Proto-Slavic
- सूअरी Hindi
- sor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- خوک Persian
- swijn Middle Dutch
- swīn Old High German
- hyointestinalis Translingual
- hyopneumoniae Translingual
- swyn Afrikaans
- సూకరము Telugu
- 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 Gothic
- *swīn gmw-pro
- *swīn Old Dutch
- *sukkos Proto-Celtic
- sūkara Pali
- *suH-, *suHkarás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *svijnē Proto-Samic
- *suHkarás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- خوک Urdu
- 𑀲𑀽𑀕𑀭 Sauraseni Prakrit
- ਸੂਰ Panjabi, Punjabi
- ಸೂಕರ Kannada
- suwo Tocharian B
- ᱥᱩᱠᱨᱤ Santali
- pox
- sow
- sty
- man
- yard
- cote
- resow
- besow
- sower
- bread
- flesh
- stone
- hound
- soweth
- sowbug
- herder
- sowest
- sowbane
- herding
- sowlike
- sowback
- swinery
- sowable
- swinish
- oversow
- sowfoot
- undersow
- swinepox
- intersow
- swinesty
- swineman
- sowbelly
- swinelike
- swineling
- sowgelder
- swinishly
- swineyard
- swinehood
- swinecote
- swineflesh
- swinehound
- swinestone
- swinebread
- microswine
- swinishness
- swineherder
- swineherding