hogshead

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒɡzˌhɛd/
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• General-American: /ˈhɑɡzˌhɛd/
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• General-American: /ˈhɔɡz-/
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From Late Middle English hogshead, hagyshed, hogeyshed, hoggesyde, hokkeshed, Middle English hoggeshed, hogges-hed, hogeshed, hoggeshede, hoggesheed, hoggesheudes, hoggesheved, hoggishede, hoggisheed, hoggyssehed, hogyshed, hoogeshed (“measure of liquid capacity equivalent to about 63 gallons; large barrel or cask”, literally “hog’s head”), from hog, hogge (“swine, especially a castrated male swine”) + hed (“animal or human head”), equivalent to hog + -s- + head. The connection between the cask and the head of a hog is uncertain, but may refer to the shape of the cask. The word has often been borrowed into other languages as “ox-head”.

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: oksehoved — measure of capacity for liquids
• Dutch: okshoofd — measure of capacity for liquids
• Dutch: oxhoofd — measure of capacity for liquids
• Estonian: aam — measure of capacity for liquids
• Galician: bocoi — measure of capacity for liquids
• German: Oxhoft — measure of capacity for liquids
• Ido: barelego — measure of capacity for liquids
• Middle English: hoggeshed — measure of capacity for liquids
• Norwegian Bokmål: oksehode — measure of capacity for liquids
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oksehovud — measure of capacity for liquids
• Polish: okseft — measure of capacity for liquids
• Portuguese: meia pipa — measure of capacity for liquids
• Portuguese: hogshead — measure of capacity for liquids
• Russian: хогсхед (xogsxed) — measure of capacity for liquids
• Scottish Gaelic: togsaid — measure of capacity for liquids
• Scottish Gaelic: tocasaid — measure of capacity for liquids
• Swedish: oxhuvud — measure of capacity for liquids
• Vietnamese: Bơrin — measure of capacity for liquids
• Chinese Mandarin: 大桶 (dàtǒng) — large barrel or cask
• Danish: oksehoved — large barrel or cask
• Dutch: okshoofd — large barrel or cask
• Dutch: oxhoofd — large barrel or cask
• Galician: bocoi — large barrel or cask
• German: Oxhoft — large barrel or cask
• Middle English: hoggeshed — large barrel or cask
• Norwegian Bokmål: oksehode — large barrel or cask
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oksehovud — large barrel or cask
• Polish: okseft — large barrel or cask
• Portuguese: tonel — large barrel or cask
• Russian: хогсхед (xogsxed) — large barrel or cask
• Scottish Gaelic: togsaid — large barrel or cask
• Scottish Gaelic: tocasaid — large barrel or cask
• Spanish: bocoy — large barrel or cask
• Swedish: oxhuvud — large barrel or cask