Meaning

5 senses
  1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.

  2. A male pig.

    Eber

    каба́нkabán, хрякxrjak, бо́ровbórov

    каба́нkabán

    an uncastrated male hog

  3. A male boar (sense 1).

  4. A male bear.

  5. A male guinea pig.

Examples

51 sentences
  1. Wild boars tore up my garden.

    ruКабаны разрыли мой сад.

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  2. Wild boars have dug up my garden.

    ruКабаны перекопали мой сад.

    deWildschweine haben meinen Garten umgegraben.

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  3. Wild boars have eaten all of our potatoes.

    deDie Wildschweine haben alle unsere Kartoffeln gefressen.

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  4. One hunts wild boar at night.

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  5. The wild boars devoured the acorns.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
male pig:
Русский
By meaning 1
male pig:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
male pig:

Origin

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

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Forms

plural: boars / boar
Singularboar
Pluralboars / boar

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States:wild boarSus scrofa

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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