Swine Definition

swīn
noun
Any of a family (Suidae) of omnivorous, artiodactylous mammals with a bristly coat and elongated, flexible snout; esp., a domesticated pig or hog.
Webster's New World
A vicious, contemptible, or disgusting person.
Webster's New World

(archaic) Plural form of sow.

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Other Word Forms of Swine

Noun

Singular:
swine
Plural:
swines

Origin of Swine

  • From Middle English swine, swin, from Old English swÄ«n, from Proto-Germanic *swÄ«nÄ…, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sÅ«- (“pig"). Related to West Frisian swyn, Low German Swien, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein, Danish svin, and more distantly to Polish Å›winia, Russian свинья (svinʹja), Latin sÅ«s, Ancient Greek á½—Ï‚ (hus). See also sow.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English swīn sū- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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