Meanings
nounpigsty (plural pigsties)
plural pigsties
- An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
The lower pasture also contains a pigsty.
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Then the next thing They made a swing, But Jill set up a big cry, For the swing gave way, In the midst of the play, And threw her into the pigsty.
1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 10 - colloquialA dirty or very untidy place.
This room is a pigsty. When are you going to clean it?
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"It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 20Synonyms: pigpen
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dirty or very untidy place.
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Translations
Ancient Greek συφεός, χοιροτροφεῖον
- συφεός (supheós)enclosure where pigs are kept
- χοιροτροφεῖον (khoirotropheîon)enclosure where pigs are kept
- χοιροκομεῖον (khoirokomeîon)enclosure where pigs are kept
Arabic زَرِيبَةُ خَنَازِير
- زَرِيبَةُ خَنَازِير (zarībatu ḵanāzīr)enclosure where pigs are kept
Basque txerritegi, urdandegi
- txerritegienclosure where pigs are kept
- urdandegienclosure where pigs are kept
Bulgarian кочина, свинарник
- кочина (kočina)enclosure where pigs are kept
- свинарник (svinarnik)enclosure where pigs are kept
- бардак (bardak)dirty or very untidy place
- кочина (kočina)dirty or very untidy place
Catalan cort de porcs, porcatera
- cort de porcsenclosure where pigs are kept
- porcateraenclosure where pigs are kept
- porcelleraenclosure where pigs are kept
- sollenclosure where pigs are kept
- cort de porcsdirty or very untidy place
Chinese Mandarin 豬圈 /猪圈, 豬舍 /猪舍
- 豬圈 /猪圈 (zhūjuàn)enclosure where pigs are kept
- 豬舍 /猪舍 (zhūshè)enclosure where pigs are kept
- 豬窩 /猪窝 (zhūwō)enclosure where pigs are kept
- 豬欄 /猪栏 (zhūlán)enclosure where pigs are kept
- 豬牢 /猪牢enclosure where pigs are kept
- 猪窠 (zhūkē)enclosure where pigs are kept
- 豬溷 /猪溷 (zhūhùn)enclosure where pigs are kept
- 溷 (hùn)enclosure where pigs are kept
- 豬圈 /猪圈 (zhūjuàn)dirty or very untidy place
- 豬窩 /猪窝 (zhūwō)dirty or very untidy place
Czech chlívek, vepřín
- chlívekenclosure where pigs are kept
- vepřínenclosure where pigs are kept
- chlívekdirty or very untidy place
Danish svinesti, svinesti
- svinestienclosure where pigs are kept
- svinestidirty or very untidy place
Dutch varkensstal, zwijnenstal
- varkensstalenclosure where pigs are kept
- zwijnenstalenclosure where pigs are kept
- zwijnenstaldirty or very untidy place
Esperanto porkejo
- porkejoenclosure where pigs are kept
Finnish sikolätti, sikolätti
- sikolättienclosure where pigs are kept
- sikolättidirty or very untidy place
- läävädirty or very untidy place
French porcherie, porcherie
- porcherieenclosure where pigs are kept
- porcheriedirty or very untidy place
- bordeldirty or very untidy place
German Saustall, Koben
- Saustallenclosure where pigs are kept
- Kobenenclosure where pigs are kept
- Schweinestallenclosure where pigs are kept
- Saustalldirty or very untidy place
Greek χοιροστάσιο, χοιροστάσιο
- χοιροστάσιο (choirostásio)enclosure where pigs are kept
- χοιροστάσιο (choirostásio)dirty or very untidy place
Hindi सुरवाड़ी
- सुरवाड़ी (survāṛī)enclosure where pigs are kept
Hungarian disznóól, disznóól
- disznóólenclosure where pigs are kept
- disznóóldirty or very untidy place
Icelandic svínastía, svínastía
- svínastíaenclosure where pigs are kept
- svínastíadirty or very untidy place
Irish cró muc, cró muice
- cró mucenclosure where pigs are kept
- cró muiceenclosure where pigs are kept
Italian porcile, porcile
- porcileenclosure where pigs are kept
- porciledirty or very untidy place
Japanese 豚舎, 豚小屋
- 豚舎 (tonsha)enclosure where pigs are kept
- 豚小屋 (butagoya)enclosure where pigs are kept
- 豚小屋 (butagoya)dirty or very untidy place
Latin hara, suīle
- haraenclosure where pigs are kept
- suīleenclosure where pigs are kept
Latvian cūkkūts, cūkkūts
- cūkkūtsenclosure where pigs are kept
- cūkkūtsdirty or very untidy place
Lithuanian kiauli̇̀dė, kiauli̇̀dė
- kiauli̇̀dėenclosure where pigs are kept
- kiauli̇̀dėdirty or very untidy place
Māori pākoro poaka, pahiko poaka
- pākoro poakaenclosure where pigs are kept
- pahiko poakaenclosure where pigs are kept
- pākoroenclosure where pigs are kept
- pākorokoroenclosure where pigs are kept
- rāihe poakaenclosure where pigs are kept
Norwegian Bokmål svinesti, svinesti
- svinestienclosure where pigs are kept
- svinestidirty or very untidy place
Polish chlew, świniarnia
- chlewenclosure where pigs are kept
- świniarniaenclosure where pigs are kept
- chlewdirty or very untidy place
Portuguese pocilga, chiqueiro
- pocilgaenclosure where pigs are kept
- chiqueiroenclosure where pigs are kept
- pocilgadirty or very untidy place
- chiqueirodirty or very untidy place
Romanian cocină, cocină
- cocinăenclosure where pigs are kept
- cocinădirty or very untidy place
Russian свина́рник, хлев
- свина́рник (svinárnik)enclosure where pigs are kept
- хлев (xlev)enclosure where pigs are kept
- свина́рня (svinárnja)enclosure where pigs are kept
- свина́рник (svinárnik)dirty or very untidy place
- хлев (xlev)dirty or very untidy place
- барда́к (bardák)dirty or very untidy place
- срач (srač)dirty or very untidy place
Slovak chlievik
- chlievikenclosure where pigs are kept
Spanish pocilga, chiquero
- pocilgaenclosure where pigs are kept
- chiqueroenclosure where pigs are kept
- cochiqueraenclosure where pigs are kept
- cochitrilenclosure where pigs are kept
- porquerizaenclosure where pigs are kept
- zahúrdaenclosure where pigs are kept
- pocilgadirty or very untidy place
- chiquerodirty or very untidy place
- cuchitrildirty or very untidy place
Swedish svinstia
- svinstiaenclosure where pigs are kept
Tagalog ulbo, banlat
- ulboenclosure where pigs are kept
- banlatenclosure where pigs are kept
Thai คอกหมู
- คอกหมูenclosure where pigs are kept
Turkish domuz ahırı, ahır
- domuz ahırıenclosure where pigs are kept
- ahırdirty or very untidy place
Ukrainian свина́рник, хлів
- свина́рник (svynárnyk)enclosure where pigs are kept
- хлів (xliv)enclosure where pigs are kept
Vietnamese chuồng lợn
- chuồng lợnenclosure where pigs are kept
Welsh cwt moch, twlc moch
- cwt mochenclosure where pigs are kept
- twlc mochenclosure where pigs are kept
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