piggery

P3I1G2G2E1R1Y4

noun

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

Similar
pig farm
OriginEnglish pig ← Middle English pigge ← Old English *picga →
UncommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

nounpiggery (plural piggeries)

plural piggeries

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

    Two heavy pails of swill—meat scraps floating in custard—from the school kitchens to be carried with a friend, Hans Solish, all the way to the piggery.

    2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 99
  2. Piggish behaviour.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna farm where pigs are raised or kept

Similar
pig farm
Broader
farm
Also see
pig farmporkery

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*puggō
  2. Old English*picga
  3. Middle Englishpigge
  4. Englishpig
  5. Englishpiggery

From pig + -ery.

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Translations

Bulgarian свинарник, свинщина
  • свинарник (svinarnik)A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • свинщина (svinština)Piggish behaviour
Danish grisefarm, svinefarm
  • grisefarmA place where pigs are kept or raised
  • svinefarmA place where pigs are kept or raised
  • grisestaldA place where pigs are kept or raised
  • svinestaldA place where pigs are kept or raised
Finnish sikala
  • sikalaA place where pigs are kept or raised
French porcherie
  • porcherieA place where pigs are kept or raised
German Schweinestall
  • SchweinestallA place where pigs are kept or raised
Hungarian disznóól
  • disznóólA place where pigs are kept or raised
Irish cró muc, cró muice
  • cró mucA place where pigs are kept or raised
  • cró muiceA place where pigs are kept or raised
Malay kebabian
  • kebabianPiggish behaviour
Russian свина́рник, сви́нство
  • свина́рник (svinárnik)A place where pigs are kept or raised
  • сви́нство (svínstvo)Piggish behaviour
Tagalog babuyan
  • babuyanA place where pigs are kept or raised
Turkish domuz ahırı, domuzluk
  • domuz ahırıA place where pigs are kept or raised
  • domuzlukPiggish behaviour
Cite this entry
APA

piggery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggery

MLA

“piggery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggery. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piggery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggery.

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