Meaning

2 senses
  1. An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

    The lower pasture also contains a pigsty.

    Saustall, Koben, Schweinestall

    свина́рникsvinárnik, хлевxlev, свина́рняsvinárnja

    свина́рникsvynárnyk, хлівxliv

  2. (colloquial)A dirty or very untidy place.

    This room is a pigsty. When are you going to clean it?

    Saustall

    свина́рникsvinárnik, хлевxlev, барда́кbardák

More definitions
  • a pen for swine

Examples

19 sentences
  1. My room is a pigsty.

    Моя кімната - свинарик.

    ruМоя комната - свинарник.

    deMein Zimmer ist ein Saustall.

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  2. This room looks like a pigsty.

    ruЭта комната похожа на свинарник.

    deDieses Zimmer sieht wie ein Saustall aus.

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  3. Your room looks like a pigsty.

    ruУ тебя комната как свинарник.

    deIn deinem Zimmer sieht es wie in einem Saustall aus.

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  4. Tom's room looks like a pigsty.

    ruКомната Тома похожа на свинарник.

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  5. It looks like a pigsty here.

    ruЭто какой-то свинарник.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
enclosure where pigs are kept:
Русский
By meaning 2
enclosure where pigs are kept:
dirty or very untidy place:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
enclosure where pigs are kept:

Origin

From pig + sty.

From pig + sty.

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Forms

plural: pigsties
Singularpigsty
Pluralpigsties

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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