Meaning

1 senses
  1. A young swine, one not yet mature.

    Near-synonyms: shoat, porkling, porklet, porket

    Ferkel, Schweinchen

    поросёнокporosjónok, сви́нкаsvínka, свинёнокsvinjónok

    порося́porosjá, порося́ткоporosjátko

    a young pig

Examples

16 sentences
  1. The sow is nursing the piglets.

    ruСвиноматка кормит поросят.

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  2. The pig is nursing the piglets.

    ruСвинья кормит поросят.

    deDas Schwein säugt die Ferkel.

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  3. They have a piglet as a pet.

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  4. A litter of pigs can have as many as thirteen piglets.

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  5. Truffles is a pink piglet with purple hooves and green eyes.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From pig + -let (diminutive suffix). Attested from 1855. Displaced Old English fearh.

From pig + -let (diminutive suffix). Attested from 1855. Displaced Old English fearh.

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Forms

plural: piglets
Singularpiglet
Pluralpiglets

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
piglet — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto