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piggery

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A place, such as a farm, where pigs are kept or raised.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Piggish behaviour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a farm where pigs are raised or kept

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pig farm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farm

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puggōder. Old English *picga Middle English pigge English pig Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English piggery From pig + -ery.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Central Bikol: urigan — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Bulgarian: свинарник (svinarnik) — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Danish: grisefarm — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Danish: svinefarm — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Danish: grisestald — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Danish: svinestald — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Finnish: sikala — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • French: porcherie — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • German: Schweinestall — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Hungarian: disznóól — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Irish: cró muc — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Irish: cró muice — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Macedonian: сви́њарник (svínjarnik) — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Macedonian: пра́сарник (prásarnik) — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Macedonian: ко́чина (kóčina) — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Russian: свина́рник (svinárnik) — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Tagalog: babuyan — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Turkish: domuz ahırı — A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • Bulgarian: свинщина (svinština) — Piggish behaviour
  • Macedonian: свиња́рија (svinjárija) — Piggish behaviour
  • Malay: kebabian — Piggish behaviour
  • Russian: сви́нство (svínstvo) — Piggish behaviour
  • Turkish: domuzluk — Piggish behaviour
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوڭوزلق (doñuzluk) — Piggish behaviour