swine
A pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contextsA pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.
» Do not cast pearls before swine.
Wirf keine Perlen vor die Säue.
Wirf keine Perlen vor die Schweine.
Не мечи бисер перед свиньями.
Не мечите бисера перед свиньями.
Не мечіть бісеру перед свиньми.
Meaning
6 sensesA pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.
The Zimmermann farm raises swine for their meat.
Pig, pork, the meat of pigs.
The Book says don't eat no swine.
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
(derogatory, figuratively, slang, uncommon)A police officer.
Keep your mouths shut. Don't tell the swine anything.
(derogatory, figuratively, slang)A pain, any thing or task that is difficult, annoying, or unpleasant.
That old car is a swine to manoeuvre.
(obsolete, rare)Synonym of wolffish.
- stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
Examples
21 sentencesDo not cast pearls before swine.
Не мечіть бісеру перед свиньми.
ruНе мечи бисер перед свиньями.
deWirf keine Perlen vor die Säue.
Don't cast pears before swine.
Не мечіть груші перед свиньми.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Не мечіть бісеру перед свиньми.
ruНе мечите бисера перед свиньями.
deWirf keine Perlen vor die Säue.
Are you concerned about swine flu?
He fell ill with swine flu.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English swyn, swin; from Old English swīn; from Proto-West Germanic *swīn; froFrom 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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Forms
plural: swine / swinesSynonyms
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24 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular