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Noun [English]

IPA: /swaɪn/ Audio: en-us-swine.ogg [US] Forms: swine [plural], swines [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: 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”), equivalent to sow + -en. Cognates Related to West Frisian swyn, Low German Swien, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein, Danish and Swedish svin, and more distantly to Polish świnia, Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá), Latin sūinus, Latin sūs, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Persian خوک (xuk). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swyn}} Middle English swyn, {{m|enm|swin}} swin, {{inh|en|ang|swīn}} Old English swīn, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swīn}} Proto-West Germanic *swīn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swīną}} Proto-Germanic *swīną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*suH-||pig}} Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”), {{suffix|en|sow|en|nocat=1}} sow + -en, {{cog|fy|swyn}} West Frisian swyn, {{cog|nds|Swien}} Low German Swien, {{cog|nl|zwijn}} Dutch zwijn, {{cog|de|Schwein}} German Schwein, {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|svin}} Swedish svin, {{cog|pl|świnia}} Polish świnia, {{cog|ru|свинья́}} Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá), {{cog|la|sūinus}} Latin sūinus, {{cog|la|sūs}} Latin sūs, {{cog|grc|ὗς}} Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), {{cog|fa|خوک|tr=xuk}} Persian خوک (xuk) Head templates: {{en-noun|swine|s}} swine (plural swine or swines)
  1. (plural swine) A pig (the animal).
    Sense id: en-swine-en-noun-StYLVfm3
  2. (derogatory) A contemptible person (plural swines). Tags: derogatory Categories (lifeform): Pigs Translations (contemptible person): 卑賤的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 卑贱的人 (bēijiàn de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), svině [feminine] (Czech), svin [neuter] (Danish), smeerlap [masculine] (Dutch), sika (Finnish), porc [masculine] (French), vermine [feminine] (French), salaud (english: man) [masculine] (French), garce (english: woman) [feminine] (French), Schwein [neuter] (German), חזיר [masculine] (Hebrew), disznó (Hungarian), svín [neuter] (Icelandic), bajingan (Indonesian), bangsat (Indonesian), porco [masculine] (Italian), 下劣な人 (geretsu na hito) (alt: げれつなひと) (Japanese), 돼지 (dwaeji) (Korean), swyn (Middle English), خنزیر (hınzır) (Ottoman Turkish), świnia [feminine] (Polish), canalha [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), свинья́ (svinʹjá) [feminine] (Russian), сви́нтус (svíntus) [masculine] (Russian), cerdo (Spanish), canalla (Spanish), svin [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-swine-en-noun-HWVB~NZc Disambiguation of Pigs: 12 51 21 5 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 70 8 7 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 73 7 7 11 Disambiguation of 'contemptible person': 0 97 2 0
  3. (slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig". Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-swine-en-noun-7lMGwdll
  4. (slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-swine-en-noun-f574qG4f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [English]

IPA: /swaɪn/ Audio: en-us-swine.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: 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”), equivalent to sow + -en. Cognates Related to West Frisian swyn, Low German Swien, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein, Danish and Swedish svin, and more distantly to Polish świnia, Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá), Latin sūinus, Latin sūs, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Persian خوک (xuk). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swyn}} Middle English swyn, {{m|enm|swin}} swin, {{inh|en|ang|swīn}} Old English swīn, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swīn}} Proto-West Germanic *swīn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swīną}} Proto-Germanic *swīną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*suH-||pig}} Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”), {{suffix|en|sow|en|nocat=1}} sow + -en, {{cog|fy|swyn}} West Frisian swyn, {{cog|nds|Swien}} Low German Swien, {{cog|nl|zwijn}} Dutch zwijn, {{cog|de|Schwein}} German Schwein, {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|svin}} Swedish svin, {{cog|pl|świnia}} Polish świnia, {{cog|ru|свинья́}} Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá), {{cog|la|sūinus}} Latin sūinus, {{cog|la|sūs}} Latin sūs, {{cog|grc|ὗς}} Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), {{cog|fa|خوک|tr=xuk}} Persian خوک (xuk) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} swine
  1. (archaic) plural of sow Tags: archaic, form-of, plural Form of: sow
    Sense id: en-swine-en-noun-Gs9cverX Categories (other): English miscellaneous irregular plurals

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} swine
  1. Alternative form of swyn Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: swyn
    Sense id: en-swine-enm-noun-iAY5JcKN Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "African swine fever virus"
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      "word": "cast pearls before swine"
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      "word": "Gadarene swine"
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      "word": "go the entire swine"
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      "word": "mereswine"
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      "word": "microswine"
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      "word": "swinebread"
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        "(derogatory) A contemptible person (plural swines)."
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          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "卑賤的人"
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        {
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          "roman": "bēijiàn de rén",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "卑贱的人"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "smeerlap"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "sika"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "vermine"
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          "code": "fr",
          "english": "man",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "salaud"
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        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "english": "woman",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "garce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Schwein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חזיר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "disznó"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "svín"
        },
        {
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "bajingan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "bangsat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "alt": "げれつなひと",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "geretsu na hito",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "下劣な人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dwaeji",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "돼지"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "swyn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "hınzır",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "خنزیر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "canalha"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svinʹjá",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "свинья́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svíntus",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сви́нтус"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "cerdo"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "word": "canalla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 97 2 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contemptible person",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "svin"
        }
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        "A police officer; a \"pig\"."
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        "(slang, derogatory) A police officer; a \"pig\"."
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        {
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        "Something difficult or awkward; a pain."
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      "links": [
        [
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        [
          "pain",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain."
      ],
      "tags": [
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  ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪn"
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      "word": "African swine fever virus"
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      "word": "cast pearls before swine"
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      "word": "go the entire swine"
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      "word": "swinecote"
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      "word": "swine flesh"
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      "word": "swine flu"
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      "word": "swinehood"
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      "word": "swine-hound"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch zwijn",
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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      "expansion": "Persian خوک (xuk)",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English miscellaneous irregular plurals",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
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      "rhymes": "-aɪn"
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        "US"
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}

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        "Middle English nouns"
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          "swyn#Middle English"
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        "alternative"
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}

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