porcine
/ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/
porcine adjective: of, pertaining to, or being a pig.
Adjective
porcine (comparative more porcine, superlative most porcine)
- Of, pertaining to, or being a pig.
- Alas, your delicious sandwich has been slain. Gaius’ blow sent it sprawling from your hand and onto the dusty grass where its saucy, porcine contents splattered forth from its freshly-baked body.2013, Kazerad, Katia: Follow captain, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), May 08 2013
- Similar to a pig.
- Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike
- Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; severely obese.
- Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:overweight
- Synonyms:
- ample, beer-bellied, big, bulky, chubby, chunky, embonpoint, fat, flabby, fleshy
Noun
porcine (plural porcines)
- A porcine animal: a pig, hog, boar, or related wild animal.
porcine meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Arabic and Thai
porcine in Tamil
- பன்றி சம்பந்தப்பட்ட
porcine in Malayalam
- പന്നിയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട, പന്നിയെപ്പോലെ വീർത്തുതടിച്ച് ഇരിക്കുന്ന
porcine in Arabic
- of or pertaining to the pig
- خِنْزِيرِيّ ḵinzīriyy
porcine in Thai
- of or pertaining to the pig
- หมู mǔu
More languagesFewer languages
- porcine in Vietnamese
- heo, lợn
Examples of porcine in a sentence
- Xenografts (porcine) - not as good as homografts; last 2 weeks; these do not vascularize.
- The pens are equipped with ‘pig-creeps', the porcine equivalent of cat-flaps, which allow the piglets access.
- Porcine dermal collagen is similar to human dermal collagen biochemically.
Synonyms of porcine
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Forms of porcine
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more porcine |
| superlative | most porcine |
| Noun | |
| plural | porcines |
Origin of porcine
From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).
Words formed from porcine
Questions about porcine
- What does porcine mean?
- Porcine means of, pertaining to, or being a pig.
- What is porcine in Tamil?
- Porcine in Tamil is பன்றி சம்பந்தப்பட்ட. See Porcine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is porcine?
- Porcine can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce porcine?
- Porcine is pronounced /ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/.
Words near porcine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: porcine (page history and authors); porcine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); porcine (Malayalam 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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