Meaning

6 senses
  1. A pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.

    The Zimmermann farm raises swine for their meat.

  2. Pig, pork, the meat of pigs.

    The Book says don't eat no swine.

  3. A "pig", variously

    (derogatory, figuratively)A contemptible person, particularly one imbued with negative piglike characteristics, a greedy, lazy, dirty, and/or lecherous person.

    Don't cast pearls before swine.

    Schwein

    свинья́svinʹjá, сви́нтусsvíntus

  4. (derogatory, figuratively, slang, uncommon)A police officer.

    Keep your mouths shut. Don't tell the swine anything.

  5. (derogatory, figuratively, slang)A pain, any thing or task that is difficult, annoying, or unpleasant.

    That old car is a swine to manoeuvre.

  6. (obsolete, rare)Synonym of wolffish.

More definitions
  • stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Do not cast pearls before swine.

    Не мечіть бісеру перед свиньми.

    ruНе мечи бисер перед свиньями.

    deWirf keine Perlen vor die Säue.

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  2. Don't cast pears before swine.

    Не мечіть груші перед свиньми.

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  3. Don't cast pearls before swine.

    Не мечіть бісеру перед свиньми.

    ruНе мечите бисера перед свиньями.

    deWirf keine Perlen vor die Säue.

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  4. Are you concerned about swine flu?

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  5. He fell ill with swine flu.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
contemptible person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
contemptible person:

Origin

From Middle English swyn, swin; from Old English swīn; from Proto-West Germanic *swīn; fro

From Middle English swyn, swin; from Old English swīn; from Proto-West Germanic *swīn; from Proto-Germanic *swīną; from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”).

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