Meaning
1 sensesA young swine, one not yet mature.
Near-synonyms: shoat, porkling, porklet, porket
Ferkel, Schweinchen
поросёнокporosjónok, сви́нкаsvínka, свинёнокsvinjónok
порося́porosjá, порося́ткоporosjátko
a young pig
Examples
16 sentencesThe sow is nursing the piglets.
ruСвиноматка кормит поросят.
The pig is nursing the piglets.
ruСвинья кормит поросят.
deDas Schwein säugt die Ferkel.
They have a piglet as a pet.
A litter of pigs can have as many as thirteen piglets.
Truffles is a pink piglet with purple hooves and green eyes.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
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Русский
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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: pigletsSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsRelatedpig