piggy bank

noun

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

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penny bankpig bank
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Meanings

nounpiggy bank (plural piggy banks)

plural piggy banks

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

    Synonyms: penny bank, pig bank

  2. figurativelyAny supply of money or savings.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
penny bankpig bank

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
penny bank
Broader
savings bankcoin bankmoney box
Also see
penny bankpig bank

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic حَصَّالَة
  • حَصَّالَة (ḥaṣṣāla)small container to store small saved coins in
Basque itsulapiko
  • itsulapikosmall container to store small saved coins in
Bulgarian касичка
  • касичка (kasička)small container to store small saved coins in
Catalan guardiola, vidriola
  • guardiolasmall container to store small saved coins in
  • vidriolasmall container to store small saved coins in
Chinese Cantonese 錢罌 /钱罂
  • 錢罌 /钱罂 (cin⁴ aang¹)small container to store small saved coins in
Chinese Mandarin 撲滿 /扑满, 儲錢罐 /储钱罐
  • 撲滿 /扑满 (pūmǎn)small container to store small saved coins in
  • 儲錢罐 /储钱罐 (chǔqiánguàn)small container to store small saved coins in
  • 悶葫蘆罐兒 /闷葫芦罐儿 (mènhúluguànr)small container to store small saved coins in
  • 存錢罐 /存钱罐 (cúnqiánguàn)small container to store small saved coins in
Czech prasátko, pokladnička
  • prasátkosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • pokladničkasmall container to store small saved coins in
Danish sparegris, sparebøsse
  • sparegrissmall container to store small saved coins in
  • sparebøssesmall container to store small saved coins in
Dutch spaarvarken, spaarpot
  • spaarvarkensmall container to store small saved coins in
  • spaarpotsmall container to store small saved coins in
Esperanto ŝparkaseto, ŝparmonujo
  • ŝparkasetosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • ŝparmonujosmall container to store small saved coins in
Estonian hoiupõrsas
  • hoiupõrsassmall container to store small saved coins in
Finnish säästöpossu
  • säästöpossusmall container to store small saved coins in
French tirelire, nourrain
  • tireliresmall container to store small saved coins in
  • nourrainsmall container to store small saved coins in
German Sparschwein, Spardose
  • Sparschweinsmall container to store small saved coins in
  • Spardosesmall container to store small saved coins in
  • Sparbüchsesmall container to store small saved coins in
  • Büchsesmall container to store small saved coins in
Greek κουμπαράς
  • κουμπαράς (koumparás)small container to store small saved coins in
Hebrew קֻפָּה
  • קֻפָּה (quppá)small container to store small saved coins in
Hindi गुल्लक
  • गुल्लक (gullak)small container to store small saved coins in
Hungarian malacpersely, persely
  • malacperselysmall container to store small saved coins in
  • perselysmall container to store small saved coins in
Icelandic sparibaukur
  • sparibaukursmall container to store small saved coins in
Indonesian celengan, kumbara
  • celengansmall container to store small saved coins in
  • kumbarasmall container to store small saved coins in
Irish muicín taisce
  • muicín taiscesmall container to store small saved coins in
Italian salvadanaio
  • salvadanaiosmall container to store small saved coins in
Japanese 貯金箱, ブタの貯金箱
  • 貯金箱 (chokinbako)small container to store small saved coins in
  • ブタの貯金箱 (buta no chokinbako)small container to store small saved coins in
Korean 저금통, 돼지 저금통
  • 저금통 (jeogeumtong)small container to store small saved coins in
  • 돼지 저금통 (dwaeji jeogeumtong)small container to store small saved coins in
Latvian krājkasīte
  • krājkasītesmall container to store small saved coins in
Lithuanian kiaulė-taupyklė
  • kiaulė-taupyklėsmall container to store small saved coins in
Malay tabung
  • tabungsmall container to store small saved coins in
Norwegian Bokmål sparegris
  • sparegrissmall container to store small saved coins in
Persian قلک, غلک
  • قلک (qollak)small container to store small saved coins in
  • غلک (ġollak)small container to store small saved coins in
Polish świnka-skarbonka, skarbonka
  • świnka-skarbonkasmall container to store small saved coins in
  • skarbonkasmall container to store small saved coins in
Portuguese mealheiro, porquinho-mealheiro
  • mealheirosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • porquinho-mealheirosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • cofrinhosmall container to store small saved coins in
Romanian pușculiță
  • pușculițăsmall container to store small saved coins in
Russian свинья́-копи́лка, копи́лка
  • свинья́-копи́лка (svinʹjá-kopílka)small container to store small saved coins in
  • копи́лка (kopílka)small container to store small saved coins in
Slovak prasiatko, pokladnička
  • prasiatkosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • pokladničkasmall container to store small saved coins in
Spanish alcancía, hucha
  • alcancíasmall container to store small saved coins in
  • huchasmall container to store small saved coins in
  • chanchitosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • cochinitosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • cochitosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • marranitosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • puerquitosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • tunquitosmall container to store small saved coins in
Swedish spargris, sparbössa
  • spargrissmall container to store small saved coins in
  • sparbössasmall container to store small saved coins in
  • bössasmall container to store small saved coins in
Tagalog alkansiya
  • alkansiyasmall container to store small saved coins in
Thai กระปุกหมู, หมูออมสิน
  • กระปุกหมู (grà-bpùk-mǔu)small container to store small saved coins in
  • หมูออมสิน (mǔu-ɔɔm-sǐn)small container to store small saved coins in
Turkish kumbara
  • kumbarasmall container to store small saved coins in
Ukrainian скарбни́чка
  • скарбни́чка (skarbnýčka)small container to store small saved coins in
Vietnamese ống heo, heo đất
  • ống heosmall container to store small saved coins in
  • heo đấtsmall container to store small saved coins in
  • lợn đấtsmall container to store small saved coins in
  • lợn bỏ ốngsmall container to store small saved coins in
Welsh cadw-mi-gei
  • cadw-mi-geismall container to store small saved coins in
Cite this entry
APA

piggy bank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggy%20bank

MLA

“piggy bank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggy%20bank. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piggy bank,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggy%20bank.

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