suckling pig

noun

An unweaned pig, especially one whose carcass is roasted whole on a spit.

Similar
cochon de lait

Meanings

nounsuckling pig (plural suckling pigs)

plural suckling pigs

  1. An unweaned pig, especially one whose carcass is roasted whole on a spit.
  2. The flesh of such a pig cooked and served as a food item.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwhole young pig suitable for roasting

Similar
cochon de lait
Broader
porkporc
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic خنزير الرضاعة
  • خنزير الرضاعة (ḵinzīr alradaea)unweaned pig
Chinese Cantonese 燒乳豬 /烧乳猪
  • 燒乳豬 /烧乳猪 (siu¹ jyu⁵ zyu¹)unweaned pig
Chinese Mandarin 燒乳豬 /烧乳猪
  • 燒乳豬 /烧乳猪 (shāorǔzhū)unweaned pig
Czech podsvinče
  • podsvinčeunweaned pig
Dutch speenvarken
  • speenvarkenunweaned pig
Esperanto suĉporkido
  • suĉporkidounweaned pig
Finnish maitoporsas
  • maitoporsasunweaned pig
French cochon de lait
  • cochon de laitunweaned pig
German Spanferkel, Saugferkel
  • Spanferkelunweaned pig
  • Saugferkelunweaned pig
  • Milchferkelunweaned pig
Greek γουρουνάκι
  • γουρουνάκι (gourounáki)unweaned pig
Hungarian szopósmalac
  • szopósmalacunweaned pig
Irish banbh balláin
  • banbh balláinunweaned pig
Italian lattonzolo, porchetta
  • lattonzolounweaned pig
  • porchettaunweaned pig
Korean 애저
  • 애저 (aejeo)unweaned pig
Portuguese leitão
  • leitãounweaned pig
Romanian purcel de lapte
  • purcel de lapteunweaned pig
Russian молочный поросёнок
  • молочный поросёнок (moločnyj porosjónok)unweaned pig
Spanish lechón, cochinillo
  • lechónunweaned pig
  • cochinillounweaned pig
Swedish spädgris
  • spädgrisunweaned pig
Tagalog kulig, biik
  • kuligunweaned pig
  • biikunweaned pig
  • litsonunweaned pig
Thai หมูหัน
  • หมูหัน (mŏo hăn)unweaned pig
Vietnamese lợn sữa, heo sữa
  • lợn sữaunweaned pig
  • heo sữaunweaned pig
Cite this entry
APA

suckling pig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckling%20pig

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“suckling pig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckling%20pig. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suckling pig,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckling%20pig.

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