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pig latin

pig latin is the alternative letter-case form of pig Latin.

Noun (1) capitalized: Pig Latin

Pig Latin (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of pig Latin.

Noun (2) capitalized: pig Latin

pig Latin (uncountable)

  1. A type of wordplay in which (English) words are altered by moving the onset consonants of a word to the end and appending -ay [eɪ̯], except when the word begins with a vowel, in which case -way [weɪ̯] is suffixed with no leading phonetic change.
    Synonyms:
    igpay atinlay

Synonyms of pig latin

Forms of pig latin

alternative formPig Latin
alternative formpig latin

Origin of pig latin

The word Latin derives from the language itself (though it is not linguistically related; that is an intentional misnomer), but the origin of pig is unknown.

Questions about pig latin

What does pig latin mean?
Pig latin means a type of wordplay in which (English) words are altered by moving the onset consonants of a word to the end and appending -ay [eɪ̯], except when the word begins with a vowel, in which case -way [weɪ̯] is suffixed with no leading phonetic change.
What is pig latin the alternative letter-case form of?
Pig latin is the alternative letter-case form of pig Latin.
What part of speech is pig latin?
Pig latin is a noun.

Words near pig latin in the dictionary

  1. pig iron
  2. pig irons
  3. Pig Island
  4. Pig Islander
  5. pig it
  6. pig latin
  7. pig launcher
  8. pig launchers
  9. pig lead
  10. pig off
  11. pig out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pig latin (page history and authors); Pig Latin (page history and authors); pig Latin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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