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”).^[1]

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

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     Alas, your delicious sandwich has been slain. Gaius’ blow sent it sprawling from your hand and onto the dusty grass where its saucy, porcine contents splattered forth from its freshly-baked body.

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／猪的 (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: 豬一樣的／猪一样的 (zhū yīyàng de), 病態肥胖／病态肥胖 (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

References

1. “porcine, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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