Meanings
piglet1
plural piglets
- A young pig or swine, one not yet mature.
Near-synonyms: porklet, shoat, suckling pig, porkling (dated), porket (archaic)
1 more example
Very little was this piglet, And of course was not a big pig,
1855 December 10, “Mother Goose in Trochaics”, in Buffalo Morning Express, Buffalo, NY, page 4Synonyms: bonham, pigling, hog-babe, porklet, shoat, suckling pig, porkling, porket
Piglet2
plural Piglets
- An innocent and naive person.
Ben is the Piglet of Hogwarts.
2020 January 5, GetOffMyUnicorn70, “MC needs to remember her first friend at Hogwarts.”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 17 Aug 20262 more examples
KD is the Piglet of /r/nba...he doesn't want to be a leader. KD wants to be a weapon to crush his lane role, get kills points, and just play the game.
2016 November 4, owa00, “Harden on OKC/GSW: “Yeah, I’ll tune in. I’ll see what’s going on. Everybody knows how Russ feels, so I want to see a really good game. I want to see Russ do his thing."”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026Boo - she s the 'Piglet' of the show. Innocent, big hearted, warm and cute.
2023 April 28, Netherme, “fleabag is my favourite”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA young pig or swine, one not yet mature.
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Origin
piglet · noun
From pig + -let (diminutive suffix). Attested from 1855. Displaced Old English fearh.
Full word history & related roots →Piglet · noun
After the character Piglet from the Winnie-the-Pooh series, whose name is from piglet.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans varkie
- varkieyoung pig
Ancient Greek χοιρίδιον, χοιρίον
- χοιρίδιον (khoirídion)young pig
- χοιρίον (khoiríon)young pig
Arabic خِنَّوْص
- خِنَّوْص (ḵinnawṣ)young pig
Basque txerrikume
- txerrikumeyoung pig
Bulgarian прасе́нце, прасе́
- прасе́нце (prasénce)young pig
- прасе́ (prasé)young pig
Catalan garrí, porcell
- garríyoung pig
- porcellyoung pig
- porquetyoung pig
- godallyoung pig
- marranxóyoung pig
- verratellyoung pig
Chinese Cantonese 豬仔 /猪仔, 仔豬 /仔猪
- 豬仔 /猪仔 (zyu¹ zai²)young pig
- 仔豬 /仔猪 (zai² zyu¹)young pig
Chinese Mandarin 豚, 小豬 /小猪
- 豚 (tún)young pig
- 小豬 /小猪 (xiǎozhū)young pig
- 豬崽 /猪崽 (zhūzǎi)young pig
- 仔豬 /仔猪 (zǐzhū)young pig
Czech sele, čunĕ
- seleyoung pig
- čunĕyoung pig
Danish pattegris
- pattegrisyoung pig
Dutch big, biggetje
- bigyoung pig
- biggetjeyoung pig
Esperanto porkido
- porkidoyoung pig
Estonian põrsas, notsu
- põrsasyoung pig
- notsuyoung pig
Finnish porsas
- porsasyoung pig
French cochonnet, goret
- cochonnetyoung pig
- goretyoung pig
- porceletyoung pig
German Ferkel, Schweinchen
- Ferkelyoung pig
- Schweinchenyoung pig
Greek γουρουνόπουλο
- γουρουνόπουλο (gourounópoulo)young pig
Hawaiian puaʻa keiki
- puaʻa keikiyoung pig
Hebrew חֲזַרְזִיר, חזירון
- חֲזַרְזִיר (khazarzír)young pig
- חזירון (khaziron)young pig
Hindi घेंटा
- घेंटा (ghẽṭā)young pig
Hungarian malac, malacka
- malacyoung pig
- malackayoung pig
- kismalacyoung pig
Icelandic grís, gríslingur
- grísyoung pig
- gríslinguryoung pig
Indonesian anak babi, genjik
- anak babiyoung pig
- genjikyoung pig
- kucityoung pig
Irish banbh
- banbhyoung pig
Italian maialino, porcello
- maialinoyoung pig
- porcelloyoung pig
Japanese 子豚, 豚児
- 子豚 (kobuta)young pig
- 豚児 (tonji)young pig
Korean 새끼돼지
- 새끼돼지 (saekkidwaeji)young pig
Latin porcellus, porcella
- porcellusyoung pig
- porcellayoung pig
- porculusyoung pig
- porculayoung pig
Latvian sivēns
- sivēnsyoung pig
Lithuanian paršas
- paršasyoung pig
Malay anak babi
- anak babiyoung pig
Māori punua poaka
- punua poakayoung pig
Norwegian grisunge, pattegris
- grisungeyoung pig
- pattegrisyoung pig
Persian خوکچه
- خوکچه (xukče)young pig
Polish prosiak, prosię
- prosiakyoung pig
- prosięyoung pig
- browekyoung pig
Portuguese porquinho, leitão
- porquinhoyoung pig
- leitãoyoung pig
- bácoroyoung pig
Romanian purcel
- purcelyoung pig
Russian поросёнок, сви́нка
- поросёнок (porosjónok)young pig
- сви́нка (svínka)young pig
- свинёнок (svinjónok)young pig
- подсви́нок (podsvínok)young pig
Scottish Gaelic bigean muice, uircean
- bigean muiceyoung pig
- uirceanyoung pig
- arcanyoung pig
Slovak prasiatko
- prasiatkoyoung pig
Spanish lechón, cerdito
- lechónyoung pig
- cerditoyoung pig
- gorrinoyoung pig
- guarínyoung pig
Swedish kulting
- kultingyoung pig
Tagalog biik, buwik
- biikyoung pig
- buwikyoung pig
Tamil பன்றிக்குட்டி
- பன்றிக்குட்டி (paṉṟikkuṭṭi)young pig
Thai ลูกหมู
- ลูกหมู (lûuk-mǔu)young pig
Turkish domuzcuk
- domuzcukyoung pig
Ukrainian порося́, порося́тко
- порося́ (porosjá)young pig
- порося́тко (porosjátko)young pig
Welsh porchell
- porchellyoung pig
Yiddish חזירל
- חזירל (khazerl)young pig
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with piglet
All rhymes →Cite this entry
piglet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piglet
“piglet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piglet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piglet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piglet.
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