Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porcine

/ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: porcine
IPA: /ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or being a pig.

adj

Similar to a pig.

adj

Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; severely obese.

Derogatory

noun

A porcine animal: a pig, hog, boar, or related wild animal.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike"
"Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:overweight"

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French [Term?]der. Middle French porcinder. Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin porcīnusder. Middle English porcine English porcine From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: porcine, porcin, porcīnus

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

more porcine (comparative) most porcine (superlative) porcines (plural)

Derived Forms

antiporcine nonporcine porcinely unporcine

Phrases

porcine measles porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome porcine stress syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

pork bovine caprine ovine equine murine

Synonyms

swinish piggish hoggish swinelike piglike hoglike boarish boarlike ample beer-bellied big bulky

Questions

How do you pronounce porcine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/.
What does porcine mean?: Of, pertaining to, or being a pig.
Where does porcine come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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