swine
Senso (Inglese)
- A pig (the animal).
- A pig (the animal). The Zimmerman farm introduced swine to their husbandry.
- (derogatory) A contemptible person (plural swine or swines).
- (derogatory, slang) A police officer; a "pig".
- (derogatory, slang) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
sow
Concetti
sinonimi
vile person
horrible person
horrid person
miniature pigs
Sus scrofa domistica
filthy swine
Traduzioni
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/swaɪn/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English swyn, swin, from Old English swīn, from Proto-West Germanic *swīn, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”). By surface analysis, sow + -en. Cognates Related to West Frisian swyn, Low German Swien, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein, Danish and Swedish svin, and more distantly to Polish świnia, Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá), Latin sūinus, Latin sūs, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Persian خوک (xuk).
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