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piglet

Syllables: pig·let/ˈpɪɡ.lət/

piglet noun: a young swine, one not yet mature.

piglet: a young swine, one not yet mature
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Noun (1)

piglet (plural piglets)

  1. A young swine, one not yet mature.
    • Near-synonyms: shoat, porkling, porklet, porket
    • Very little was this piglet,
      And of course was not a big pig,1855 December 10, “Mother Goose in Trochaics”, in Buffalo Morning Express, Buffalo, NY, page 4
    Synonyms:
    pigling, hog-babe, bonham, shoat, porkling, porklet, porket

Noun (2) capitalized: Piglet

Piglet (plural Piglets)

  1. An innocent and naive person.
    • Ben is the Piglet of Hogwarts.2020 January 5, GetOffMyUnicorn70, “MC needs to remember her first friend at Hogwarts.”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026
    • KD is the Piglet of /r/nba...he doesn't want to be a leader. KD wants to be a weapon to crush his lane role, get kills points, and just play the game.2016 November 4, owa00, “Harden on OKC/GSW: “Yeah, I’ll tune in. I’ll see what’s going on. Everybody knows how Russ feels, so I want to see a really good game. I want to see Russ do his thing."”, in...

piglet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

piglet in Hindi

young pig
घेंटा ghẽṭā

piglet in Tamil

young pig
பன்றிக்குட்டி paṉṟikkuṭṭi

piglet in Malayalam

piglet
പന്നിക്കുട്ടി pannikkuṭṭi

piglet in Kannada

ಹಂದಿಮರಿ, ಮರಿಹಂದಿ
More languagesFewer languages
piglet in Tagalog
biik, buwik
piglet in Arabic
خِنَّوْص ḵinnawṣ
piglet in Malay
anak babi
piglet in Indonesian
anak babi, genjik, kucit
piglet in Persian
خوکچه xukče
piglet in Thai
ลูกหมู lûuk-mǔu
piglet in Myanmar
ဝက်ကလေး wakka.le:

Synonyms of piglet

All synonyms of piglet

Forms of piglet

pluralpiglets
pluralPiglets

Plural of piglet: piglets

Origin of piglet

From pig + -let (diminutive suffix). Attested from 1855. Displaced Old English fearh.

After the character Piglet from the Winnie-the-Pooh series, whose name is from piglet.

Words formed from piglet

Words that rhyme with piglet

Questions about piglet

What does piglet mean?
Piglet means a young swine, one not yet mature.
What is piglet in Hindi?
Piglet in Hindi is घेंटा (ghẽṭā). See Piglet meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is piglet?
Piglet is a noun.
How do you pronounce piglet?
Piglet is pronounced /ˈpɪɡ.lət/.
What is the plural of piglet?
The plural of piglet is piglets.

Words near piglet in the dictionary

  1. pigjump
  2. pigjumped
  3. pigjumping
  4. pigjumps
  5. pigless
  6. piglet
  7. piglets
  8. piglice
  9. piglike
  10. pigling
  11. piglings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: piglet (page history and authors); Piglet (page history and authors); പന്നിക്കുട്ടി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); piglet (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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