Meanings
comparative more porcine · superlative most porcine
- Of, pertaining to, or being a pig.
Alas, your delicious sandwich has been slain. Gaius’ blow sent it sprawling from your hand and onto the dusty grass where its saucy, porcine contents splattered forth from its freshly-baked body.
2013, Kazerad, Katia: Follow captain, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), May 08 2013 - derogatoryOverweight to the extent of resembling a pig; severely obese.
Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:overweight
Synonyms: ample, beer-bellied, big, bulky, chubby, chunky, embonpoint, fat
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOverweight to the extent of resembling a pig; severely obese.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveresembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old French[Term?]
- Middle Frenchporcin
- Proto-Indo-European*perḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*pórḱos
- Proto-Italic*porkos
- Latinporcus
- Latinporcīnus
- Middle Englishporcine
- Englishporcine
From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic خِنْزِيرِيّ
- خِنْزِيرِيّ (ḵinzīriyy)of or pertaining to the pig
Bulgarian сви́нски
- сви́нски (svínski)of or pertaining to the pig
Catalan porquí, porcí
- porquíof or pertaining to the pig
- porcíof or pertaining to the pig
Chinese Mandarin 豬的 /猪的, 豬一樣的 /猪一样的
- 豬的 /猪的 (zhū de)of or pertaining to the pig
- 豬一樣的 /猪一样的 (zhū yīyàng de)morbidly obese
- 病態肥胖 /病态肥胖 (bìngtài féipàng)morbidly obese
Czech prasečí, vepřový
- prasečíof or pertaining to the pig
- vepřovýof or pertaining to the pig
Dutch varkens-, moddervet
- varkens-of or pertaining to the pig
- moddervetmorbidly obese
Esperanto porka
- porkaof or pertaining to the pig
Finnish sika-, sian-
- sika-of or pertaining to the pig
- sian-of or pertaining to the pig
- liikalihavamorbidly obese
French porcin, bouffi
- porcinof or pertaining to the pig
- bouffimorbidly obese
German Schweine-, Schweins-
- Schweine-of or pertaining to the pig
- Schweins-of or pertaining to the pig
- porzinof or pertaining to the pig
- porcinof or pertaining to the pig
- schweineähnlichof or pertaining to the pig
- schweineartigof or pertaining to the pig
- schweinischof or pertaining to the pig
- fettleibigmorbidly obese
Italian porcino
- porcinoof or pertaining to the pig
Japanese ブタの
- ブタの (buta no)of or pertaining to the pig
Korean 돼지의
- 돼지의 (dwaeji-ui)of or pertaining to the pig
Polish świński, wieprzowy
- świńskiof or pertaining to the pig
- wieprzowyof or pertaining to the pig
- spasionymorbidly obese
Portuguese porcino, suíno
- porcinoof or pertaining to the pig
- suínoof or pertaining to the pig
- gordíssimomorbidly obese
Romanian porcin, porcesc
- porcinof or pertaining to the pig
- porcescof or pertaining to the pig
Russian свино́й, свиня́чий
- свино́й (svinój)of or pertaining to the pig
- свиня́чий (svinjáčij)of or pertaining to the pig
- сви́нский (svínskij)of or pertaining to the pig
- ожире́вший (ožirévšij)morbidly obese
Slovak prasací, bravčový
- prasacíof or pertaining to the pig
- bravčovýof or pertaining to the pig
Spanish porcino, obeso
- porcinoof or pertaining to the pig
- obesomorbidly obese
- gordomorbidly obese
Thai หมู
- หมู (mǔu)of or pertaining to the pig
Ukrainian свиня́чий
- свиня́чий (svynjáčyj)of or pertaining to the pig
Vietnamese heo, lợn
- heoof or pertaining to the pig
- lợnof or pertaining to the pig
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Cite this entry
porcine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porcine
“porcine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porcine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porcine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porcine.
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