Definition of SWINE

swine

Meanings

Plural: swine, swines

Noun

  • stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
  • A pig (the animal).
  • A pig (the animal). The Zimmerman farm introduced swine to their husbandry.
  • The Zimmerman farm introduced swine to their husbandry.
  • A contemptible person (plural swine or swines).
  • A police officer; a "pig".
  • Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
  • plural of sow

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English swyn, swin, from Old English swīn, from Proto-West Germanic *swīn, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”). By surface analysis, sow + -en.
Cognates
Related to West Frisian swyn, Low German Swien, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein, Danish and Swedish svin, and more distantly to Polish świnia, Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá), Latin sūinus, Latin sūs, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Persian خوک (xuk).

Scrabble Score: 8

swine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
swine is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
swine is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

swine is a valid Words With Friends word