noun
Meaning 1
The raising of pigs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
porciculture
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English porciculture From Latin porcus + English culture.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: խոզաբուծություն (xozabucutʻyun) — raising of pigs
- Finnish: sikatalous — raising of pigs
- Georgian: მეღორეობა (meɣoreoba) — raising of pigs
- Japanese: 養豚 (yōton) — raising of pigs
- Korean: 양돈 (yangdon) — raising of pigs
- Polish: hodowanie świń — raising of pigs
- Russian: свиново́дство (svinovódstvo) — raising of pigs
- Spanish: porcicultura — raising of pigs