porcine

English

Etymology

From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -oʊɹsaɪn, -oʊɹsin, -oʊɹsɪn

Adjective

porcine (comparative more porcine, superlative most porcine)

1. Of or pertaining to pigs.

   Synonym: suilline

2. Similar to a pig

   Synonym: piglike

3. (derogatory) Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; morbidly obese.

Derived terms

• porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome

 

Related terms

• pork

 

Translations

of or pertaining to the pig

• Arabic: خِنْزِيرِيّ (ḵinzīriyy)
• Armenian: խոզի (hy) (xozi), խոզային (hy) (xozayin)
• Aromanian: purtsescu
• Belarusian: свіня́чы (svinjáčy), свіны́ (sviný)
• Bulgarian: сви́нски (bg) (svínski)
• Catalan: porquí, porcí
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豬的／猪いのしし的てき (zh) (zhū de)

• Czech: prasečí (cs)
• Dutch: varkens-
• Esperanto: porka
• Finnish: sika-, sian-
• French: porcin (fr)
• German: Schweine- (de), Schweins- (de), porzin (de), porcin, schweineähnlich, schweineartig (de), schweinisch
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: porcino (it)
• Japanese: ブタの (ja) (buta no)
• Korean: 돼지의 (ko) (dwaeji-ui)
• Macedonian: свински (svinski)
• Occitan: porcin
• Polish: świński (pl), wieprzowy (pl)
• Portuguese: porcino (pt), suíno (pt)
• Romanian: porcin (ro), porcesc (ro)
• Russian: свино́й (ru) (svinój), свиня́чий (ru) (svinjáčij) (colloquial or regional), сви́нский (ru) (svínskij) (in a negative context)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свѝњскӣ

  Roman: svìnjskī (sh)

• Slovak: prasací
• Slovene: prašičji, svinjski
• Spanish: porcino (es)
• Thai: หมู (th) (mǔu)
• Ukrainian: свиня́чий (svynjáčyj)
• Vietnamese: heo (vi), lợn (vi)

morbidly obese

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

  Mandarin: 豬一樣いちよう的てき／猪いのしし一いち样的てき (zhū yīyàng de), 病態びょうたい肥こえ胖ゆたか／病やまい态肥こえ胖ゆたか (bìngtài féipàng)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: moddervet (nl)
• Finnish: liikalihava
• French: bouffi (fr)
• German: fettleibig (de)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• 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

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

porcine

1. feminine singular of porcin

Derived terms

• grippe porcine

Anagrams

• pioncer

Italian

Adjective

porcine

1. feminine plural of porcino

Anagrams

• coprine, crepino, preconi

Latin

Adjective

porcīne

1. vocative masculine singular of porcīnus