Plural of pig
regular plural
The plural of pig is pigs.
Forms of pig
| Singular | pig /ˈpɪɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | pigs /pɪɡz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Pigs in a sentence
- The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.
- The conveyor carried the pigs from the smelter to the freight cars.
- One of Harriet's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.From the entry trough
- The guinea pigs were fed a scorbutogenic diet for three weeks.From the entry scorbutogenic
- "I'm sure he'll pay you back tomorrow." "Yeah right, and pigs might fly."From the entry pigs might fly
Meaning of pig
- noun Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- noun A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- noun The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
Questions about the plural of pig
- What is the plural of pig?
- The plural of pig is pigs.
- Is pig countable?
- Pig is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pig (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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