"piggy bank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: piggy banks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} piggy bank (plural piggy banks)
  1. A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, to store small saved coins in. Often the "bank" must be broken open to retrieve the contents. Wikipedia link: piggy bank Categories (topical): Containers, Money Hypernyms: money box Related terms: pig, bank, penny pig Translations (small container to store small saved coins in): kumbara [feminine] (Albanian), حَصَّالَة (ḥaṣṣāla) [feminine] (Arabic), حصالة (ḥaṣṣāḷa) [Gulf-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), խնայատուփ (xnayatupʻ) (Armenian), pul daxılı (Azerbaijani), daxıl (Azerbaijani), itsulapiko (Basque), скарбо́нка (skarbónka) [feminine] (Belarusian), касичка (kasička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), guardiola [feminine] (Catalan), vidriola [feminine] (Catalan), 錢罌 (Chinese Cantonese), 钱罂 (cin⁴ aang¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 撲滿 (Chinese Mandarin), 扑满 (pūmǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 儲錢罐 (Chinese Mandarin), 储钱罐 (chǔqiánguàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 悶葫蘆罐兒 (Chinese Mandarin), 闷葫芦罐儿 (mènhúluguànr) (Chinese Mandarin), 存錢罐 (Chinese Mandarin), 存钱罐 (cúnqiánguàn) (Chinese Mandarin), prasátko [neuter] (Czech), pokladnička [feminine] (Czech), sparegris [common-gender] (Danish), sparebøsse [common-gender] (Danish), spaarvarken (english: pig-shaped) [neuter] (Dutch), spaarpot (note: not per se pig-shaped) [masculine] (Dutch), ŝparkaseto (Esperanto), ŝparmonujo (Esperanto), hoiupõrsas (Estonian), sparigrísur [masculine] (Faroese), sparibússa [feminine] (Faroese), säästöpossu (Finnish), tirelire [feminine] (French), ყულაბა (q̇ulaba) (Georgian), Sparschwein [neuter] (German), Spardose [feminine] (German), Sparbüchse [feminine] (German), Büchse [feminine] (German), κουμπαράς (koumparás) [masculine] (Greek), गुल्लक (gullak) (Hindi), malacpersely (Hungarian), persely (Hungarian), sparibaukur [masculine] (Icelandic), celengan (Indonesian), muicín taisce [masculine] (Irish), salvadanaio [masculine] (Italian), 貯金箱 (chokinbako) (alt: ちょきんばこ) (Japanese), cèlèngan (Javanese), жинақ сандықша (jinaq sandyqşa) (Kazakh), 저금통 (jeogeumtong) (Korean), krājkasīte [feminine] (Latvian), прасенце (prasence) [neuter] (Macedonian), tabung (Malay), sparegris [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sparegris [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), قلک (qollak) (Persian), غلک (ğollak) (Persian), świnka-skarbonka (english: pig-shaped) [feminine] (Polish), skarbonka [feminine] (Polish), mealheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), porquinho-mealheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), cofrinho [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), pușculiță [feminine] (Romanian), purschè da spargn [masculine] (Romansch), свинья́-копи́лка (svinʹjá-kopílka) [feminine] (Russian), копи́лка (kopílka) (english: any shape) [feminine] (Russian), касица-прасица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kasica-prasica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prasiatko [neuter] (Slovak), pokladnička [feminine] (Slovak), hranilnik [masculine] (Slovene), alcancía [Canary-Islands, Latin-America, Philippines, Southern-Spain, feminine] (Spanish), hucha (english: Spain standard usage) [feminine] (Spanish), chanchito (english: pig-shaped) [Argentina, Chile, Costa-Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, masculine] (Spanish), cochinito [Mexico, Venezuela, masculine] (Spanish), cochito [Guatemala, masculine] (Spanish), marranito [Colombia, masculine] (Spanish), puerquito [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), tunquito [El-Salvador, masculine] (Spanish), spargris [common-gender] (Swedish), sparbössa [common-gender] (Swedish), bössa [common-gender] (Swedish), alkansiya (Tagalog), กระปุกหมู (grà-bpùk-mǔu) (Thai), kumbara (Turkish), скарбни́чка (skarbnýčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), gʻaladon (Uzbek), ống heo (Vietnamese), heo đất (Vietnamese), lợn đất (Vietnamese), lợn bỏ ống (Vietnamese), cadw-mi-gei [masculine] (Welsh), kóló (Yoruba)

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          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "錢罌"
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          "code": "yue",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "撲滿"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pūmǎn",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "扑满"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "儲錢罐"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chǔqiánguàn",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "储钱罐"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "悶葫蘆罐兒"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mènhúluguànr",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
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          "roman": "cúnqiánguàn",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
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          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
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          "english": "pig-shaped",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "spaarvarken"
        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "note": "not per se pig-shaped",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "spaarpot"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "ŝparkaseto"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "ŝparmonujo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "hoiupõrsas"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sparigrísur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sparibússa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "säästöpossu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tirelire"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "q̇ulaba",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "ყულაბა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Sparschwein"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spardose"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sparbüchse"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Büchse"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "koumparás",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κουμπαράς"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "gullak",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "गुल्लक"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "malacpersely"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "persely"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sparibaukur"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "celengan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "muicín taisce"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "salvadanaio"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ちょきんばこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chokinbako",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "貯金箱"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "cèlèngan"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jinaq sandyqşa",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "жинақ сандықша"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeogeumtong",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "저금통"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krājkasīte"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prasence",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "прасенце"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "tabung"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sparegris"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sparegris"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qollak",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "قلک"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ğollak",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "غلک"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "english": "pig-shaped",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "świnka-skarbonka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "skarbonka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mealheiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porquinho-mealheiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cofrinho"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pușculiță"
        },
        {
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "purschè da spargn"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svinʹjá-kopílka",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "свинья́-копи́лка"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "english": "any shape",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kopílka",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "копи́лка"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "касица-прасица"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "kasica-prasica"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "prasiatko"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pokladnička"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hranilnik"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "Canary-Islands",
            "Latin-America",
            "Philippines",
            "Southern-Spain",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alcancía"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "Spain standard usage",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hucha"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "pig-shaped",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Chile",
            "Costa-Rica",
            "Ecuador",
            "Nicaragua",
            "Peru",
            "Uruguay",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chanchito"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico",
            "Venezuela",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cochinito"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "Guatemala",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cochito"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marranito"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "puerquito"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "El-Salvador",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tunquito"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "spargris"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sparbössa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "bössa"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "alkansiya"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "grà-bpùk-mǔu",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "กระปุกหมู"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "kumbara"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skarbnýčka",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скарбни́чка"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "gʻaladon"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "ống heo"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "heo đất"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "lợn đất"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "lợn bỏ ống"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cadw-mi-gei"
        },
        {
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
          "word": "kóló"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "piggy bank"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "piggy bank"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "piggy banks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "piggy bank (plural piggy banks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "money box"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pig"
    },
    {
      "word": "bank"
    },
    {
      "word": "penny pig"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Containers",
        "en:Money"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, to store small saved coins in. Often the \"bank\" must be broken open to retrieve the contents."
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "piggy bank"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kumbara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaṣṣāla",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَصَّالَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaṣṣāḷa",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حصالة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xnayatupʻ",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "խնայատուփ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "pul daxılı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "daxıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "itsulapiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skarbónka",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скарбо́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kasička",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "касичка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guardiola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vidriola"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "錢罌"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cin⁴ aang¹",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "钱罂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "撲滿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pūmǎn",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "扑满"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "儲錢罐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǔqiánguàn",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "储钱罐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "悶葫蘆罐兒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mènhúluguànr",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "闷葫芦罐儿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "存錢罐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cúnqiánguàn",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "存钱罐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prasátko"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pokladnička"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sparegris"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sparebøsse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "english": "pig-shaped",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spaarvarken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "not per se pig-shaped",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spaarpot"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "ŝparkaseto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "ŝparmonujo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "hoiupõrsas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sparigrísur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sparibússa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "säästöpossu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirelire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇ulaba",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "ყულაბა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sparschwein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spardose"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sparbüchse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Büchse"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koumparás",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κουμπαράς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gullak",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "गुल्लक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "malacpersely"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "persely"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sparibaukur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "celengan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muicín taisce"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salvadanaio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょきんばこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chokinbako",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "貯金箱"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "cèlèngan"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jinaq sandyqşa",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "жинақ сандықша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeogeumtong",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "저금통"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krājkasīte"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prasence",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прасенце"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "tabung"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sparegris"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sparegris"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qollak",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "قلک"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğollak",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "غلک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "pig-shaped",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "świnka-skarbonka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skarbonka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mealheiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porquinho-mealheiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cofrinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pușculiță"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "purschè da spargn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svinʹjá-kopílka",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свинья́-копи́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "any shape",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kopílka",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "копи́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "касица-прасица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kasica-prasica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prasiatko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pokladnička"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hranilnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands",
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines",
        "Southern-Spain",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcancía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Spain standard usage",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hucha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "pig-shaped",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Chile",
        "Costa-Rica",
        "Ecuador",
        "Nicaragua",
        "Peru",
        "Uruguay",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chanchito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "Venezuela",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cochinito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Guatemala",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cochito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marranito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puerquito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tunquito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spargris"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sparbössa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bössa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "alkansiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-bpùk-mǔu",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "กระปุกหมู"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "kumbara"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skarbnýčka",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скарбни́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "gʻaladon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "ống heo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "heo đất"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "lợn đất"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "lợn bỏ ống"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cadw-mi-gei"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "small container to store small saved coins in",
      "word": "kóló"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piggy bank"
}

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