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swine

/sˈwaɪn/SWYN
/sˈwaɪn/SWYN

Meaninga pig

Common meaning: pigs

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SU‘generate, produce’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 391, p. 744 · scan
  2. Old EnglishswinsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishswinsource
  4. Englishswine‘pigs’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English swin ‘a pig’.

Roots

  • swin Old English “a pig”

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