Phrase guide

piggy bank

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, in which small saved coins are stored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: penny bank, pig bank

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any supply of money or savings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: penny bank

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kumbara — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Arabic: حَصَّالَة (ḥaṣṣāla) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Arabic: حصالة (ḥaṣṣāḷa) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Armenian: խնայատուփ (xnayatupʻ) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Azerbaijani: pul daxılı — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Azerbaijani: daxıl — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Basque: itsulapiko — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Belarusian: скарбо́нка (skarbónka) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Bulgarian: касичка (kasička) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Catalan: guardiola — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Catalan: vidriola — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Chinese Cantonese: 錢罌 /钱罂 (cin4 aang1) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撲滿 /扑满 (pūmǎn) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲錢罐 /储钱罐 (chǔqiánguàn) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 悶葫蘆罐兒 /闷葫芦罐儿 (mènhúluguànr) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 存錢罐 /存钱罐 (cúnqiánguàn) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Czech: prasátko — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Czech: pokladnička — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Danish: sparegris — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Danish: sparebøsse — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Dutch: spaarvarken — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Dutch: spaarpot — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Esperanto: ŝparkaseto — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Esperanto: ŝparmonujo — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Estonian: hoiupõrsas — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Faroese: sparigrísur — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Faroese: sparibússa — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Finnish: säästöpossu — small container to store small saved coins in
  • French: tirelire — small container to store small saved coins in
  • French: nourrain — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Georgian: ყულაბა (q̇ulaba) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • German: Sparschwein — small container to store small saved coins in
  • German: Spardose — small container to store small saved coins in
  • German: Sparbüchse — small container to store small saved coins in
  • German: Büchse — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Greek: κουμπαράς (koumparás) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Gujarati: ગલ્લો (gallo) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Hebrew: קֻפָּה (quppá) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Hindi: गुल्लक (gullak) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Hungarian: malacpersely — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Hungarian: persely — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Icelandic: sparibaukur — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Indonesian: celengan — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Indonesian: kumbara — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Irish: muicín taisce — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Italian: salvadanaio — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Japanese: 貯金箱 (chokinbako) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Javanese: cèlèngan — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Kazakh: жинақ сандықша (jinaq sandyqşa) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Korean: 저금통 (jeogeumtong) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Latvian: krājkasīte — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Lithuanian: kiaulė-taupyklė — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Macedonian: прасенце (prasence) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Malay: tabung — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sparegris — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sparegris — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Persian: قلک (qollak) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Persian: غلک (ġollak) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Polish: świnka-skarbonka — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Polish: skarbonka — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Portuguese: mealheiro — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Portuguese: porquinho-mealheiro — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Portuguese: cofrinho — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Romanian: pușculiță — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Romansh: purschè da spargn — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Russian: свинья́-копи́лка (svinʹjá-kopílka) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Russian: копи́лка (kopílka) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Serbo-Croatian: касица-прасица — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Serbo-Croatian: kasica-prasica — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Silesian: szparbiksa — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Slovak: prasiatko — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Slovak: pokladnička — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Slovene: hranilnik — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Spanish: alcancía — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Spanish: hucha — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Spanish: chanchito — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Spanish: cochinito — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Spanish: cochito — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Spanish: marranito — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Spanish: puerquito — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Spanish: tunquito — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Swedish: spargris — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Swedish: sparbössa — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Swedish: bössa — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Tagalog: alkansiya — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Thai: กระปุกหมู (grà-bpùk-mǔu) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Thai: หมูออมสิน (mǔu-ɔɔm-sǐn) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Turkish: kumbara — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Ukrainian: скарбни́чка (skarbnýčka) — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Uzbek: gʻaladon — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Vietnamese: ống heo — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Vietnamese: heo đất — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Vietnamese: lợn đất — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Vietnamese: lợn bỏ ống — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Welsh: cadw-mi-gei — small container to store small saved coins in
  • Yoruba: kóló — small container to store small saved coins in