Meanings
plural wild boars
- A wild swine native to Eurasia and North Africa (Sus scrofa), now widely distributed elsewhere and ancestor of most domestic pig breeds.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA wild swine native to Eurasia and North Africa (Sus scrofa), now widely distributed elsewhere and ancestor of most domestic pig breeds.
More synonyms by meaning
nounOld World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek κάπρος, ἀγριόχοιρος
- κάπρος (kápros)Sus scrofa
- ἀγριόχοιρος (agriókhoiros)Sus scrofa
- χλούνης (khloúnēs)Sus scrofa
Arabic خَنْزِير بَرِيّ
- خَنْزِير بَرِيّ (ḵanzīr bariyy)Sus scrofa
Basque basurde
- basurdeSus scrofa
Bulgarian ди́ва свиня́, глига́н
- ди́ва свиня́ (díva svinjá)Sus scrofa
- глига́н (gligán)Sus scrofa
Catalan senglar, porc senglar
- senglarSus scrofa
- porc senglarSus scrofa
Chinese 豕
- 豕 (shǐ)Sus scrofa
Chinese Cantonese 山豬 /山猪
- 山豬 /山猪 (saan¹ zyu¹)Sus scrofa
Chinese Mandarin 野豬 /野猪, 山豬 /山猪
- 野豬 /野猪 (yězhū)Sus scrofa
- 山豬 /山猪 (shānzhū)Sus scrofa
Czech divočák, kanec
- divočákSus scrofa
- kanecSus scrofa
- prase divokéSus scrofa
Danish vildsvin
- vildsvinSus scrofa
Dutch everzwijn, wild zwijn
- everzwijnSus scrofa
- wild zwijnSus scrofa
- everSus scrofa
Esperanto apro
- aproSus scrofa
Estonian metssiga
- metssigaSus scrofa
Finnish villisika
- villisikaSus scrofa
French sanglier
- sanglierSus scrofa
German Wildschwein, Wildschweinrudel
- WildschweinSus scrofa
- WildschweinrudelSus scrofa
- WildeberSus scrofa
- WildsauSus scrofa
- BacherSus scrofa
- KeilerSus scrofa
- BacheSus scrofa
- SchwarzwildSus scrofa
- FrischlingSus scrofa
- SchwarzkittelSus scrofa
- BeierSus scrofa
- BerSus scrofa
Greek κάπρος, αγριογούρουνο
- κάπρος (kápros)Sus scrofa
- αγριογούρουνο (agriogoúrouno)Sus scrofa
Hebrew חֲזִיר בָּר
- חֲזִיר בָּר (ẖazír bar)Sus scrofa
Hindi जंगली सूअर
- जंगली सूअर (jaṅglī sūar)Sus scrofa
Hungarian vaddisznó
- vaddisznóSus scrofa
Icelandic villisvín, villigöltur
- villisvínSus scrofa
- villigölturSus scrofa
Indonesian babi hutan, celeng
- babi hutanSus scrofa
- celengSus scrofa
Irish torc, torc allta
- torcSus scrofa
- torc alltaSus scrofa
Italian cinghiale
- cinghialeSus scrofa
Japanese 野猪, 猪
- 野猪 (yacho)Sus scrofa
- 猪 (inoshishi)Sus scrofa
Korean 멧돼지
- 멧돼지 (metdwaeji)Sus scrofa
Latin aper
- aperSus scrofa
Latvian mežacūka
- mežacūkaSus scrofa
Lithuanian šernas
- šernasSus scrofa
Malay babi hutan, bagung
- babi hutanSus scrofa
- bagungSus scrofa
- celengSus scrofa
Norwegian Bokmål villsvin
- villsvinSus scrofa
Persian گراز
- گراز (gorâz)Sus scrofa
Polish dzik
- dzikSus scrofa
Portuguese javali
- javaliSus scrofa
Romanian mistreț, porc mistreț
- mistrețSus scrofa
- porc mistrețSus scrofa
- vierSus scrofa
Russian каба́н, ве́прь
- каба́н (kabán)Sus scrofa
- ве́прь (véprʹ)Sus scrofa
- ди́кая свинья́ (díkaja svinʹjá)Sus scrofa
Scottish Gaelic torc, torc allaidh
- torcSus scrofa
- torc allaidhSus scrofa
- torc fiadhaichSus scrofa
Slovak diviak, kanec
- diviakSus scrofa
- kanecSus scrofa
- diviak lesnýSus scrofa
Spanish jabalí
- jabalíSus scrofa
Swahili jivi
- jiviSus scrofa
Swedish vildsvin
- vildsvinSus scrofa
Tagalog baboy-ramo
- baboy-ramoSus scrofa
Tamil வல்லுளி, காட்டுப்பன்றி
- வல்லுளி (valluḷi)Sus scrofa
- காட்டுப்பன்றி (kāṭṭuppaṉṟi)Sus scrofa
Thai หมูป่า
- หมูป่า (mǔu-bpàa)Sus scrofa
Turkish yaban domuzu
- yaban domuzuSus scrofa
Ukrainian каба́н, вепр
- каба́н (kabán)Sus scrofa
- вепр (vepr)Sus scrofa
Vietnamese lợn rừng, heo rừng
- lợn rừngSus scrofa
- heo rừngSus scrofa
- lợn lòiSus scrofa
Welsh baedd gwyllt
- baedd gwylltSus scrofa
Cite this entry
wild boar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20boar
“wild boar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20boar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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