varken

Significat (Anglès)

1. (neuter) pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)
2. (derogatory, figuratively, neuter, offensive) a swine, a dirty, gross or foul person
3. (archaic, neuter, offensive, possibly) a student who does not belong to a student society; one who is neither a frat boy nor a soror
4. (dialectal, neuter) a brush, especially one used along with a dustpan for sweeping floors or hearths

Conceptes

porc

🐖

truja

suid

golafre

camp

porcell

garrí

marrà

🐏

Sinònims

zwijn

🐖

varkensvlees

zwijnevlees

big

slokop

zeug

flik

smeerlap

del

Traduccions

pig

🐖

Schwein

porco

🐖

cochon

maiale

🐖

γουρούνι

porc

cerdo

porco

🐖

porcus

domuz

🐖

swine

puerco

🐖

hog

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈvɑrkə(n)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà: varken

Heretat de Old Dutch: farkīn

Cognat amb baix alemany: Farken

In summary

From Middle Dutch varken, verken, from Old Dutch farkīn, ferkīn, an old diminutive, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farhaz (Proto-West Germanic *farh) + Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (Proto-Germanic *-ukīn, with another diminutive suffix attached). Compare Central Franconian Ferke, Low German Farken.