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piggery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puggōder. Old English *picga Middle English pigge English pig Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English piggery From pig + -ery.

Meanings

1. A place, such as a farm, where pigs are kept or raised.
   • Two heavy pails of swill—meat scraps floating in custard—from the school kitchens to be carried with a friend, Hans Solish, all the way to the piggery. 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 99:
2. Piggish behaviour.

Forms

Relateds

pig farm

Translations (24)

da grisefarm (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · de Schweinestall (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · bg свинарник (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · ru сви́нство (Piggish behaviour) · mk сви́њарник (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · tl babuyan (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · mk свиња́рија (Piggish behaviour) · ota طوڭوزلق (Piggish behaviour) · fr porcherie (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · fi sikala (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · ga cró muice (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · mk ко́чина (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · da svinefarm (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · da grisestald (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · bcl urigan (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · ga cró muc (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · tr domuz ahırı (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · bg свинщина (Piggish behaviour) · tr domuzluk (Piggish behaviour) · mk пра́сарник (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · ru свина́рник (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · da svinestald (A place where pigs are kept or raised) · ms kebabian (Piggish behaviour) · hu disznóól (A place where pigs are kept or raised)