piglet

English

Etymology

From pig +‎ -let (diminutive suffix). Attested from 1855. Displaced Old English fearh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɡ.lət/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪɡlət

Noun

piglet (plural piglets)

A young pig.
Synonyms: bonham, hog-babe, pigling, shoat
- 1855 December 10, “Mother Goose in Trochaics”, in Buffalo Morning Express‎, Buffalo, NY, page 4:
  Very little was this piglet,
  And of course was not a big pig,

Derived terms

Translations

young pig

Afrikaans: varkie (af)
Albanian: gic (sq), bërkoq m
Arabic: خِنَّوْص m (ḵinnawṣ)
Moroccan Arabic: حْليّف m (ḥləyyəf)
Armenian: խոճկոր (hy) (xočkor), գոճի (hy) (goči)
Asturian: cuin (ast), gochín (ast)
Azerbaijani: pota, çoşqa
Balinese: ᬓᬸᬘᬶᬢ᭄ (kucit)
Basque: txerrikume (eu)
Belarusian: парася́ n (parasjá), парасё n (parasjó)
Bulgarian: прасе́нце n (prasénce), прасе́ (bg) n (prasé)
Burmese: ဝက်ကလေး (my) (wakka.le:)
Catalan: garrí (ca) m, porcell (ca) m, porquet (ca) m, godall (ca) m, marranxó (ca) m, verratell (ca) m
Cebuano: baktin
Chinese:
Cantonese: 豬仔／猪仔 (zyu¹ zai²)

Hakka: 豬子／猪子 (chû-chṳ́), 細豬仔／细猪仔 (se-chû-é)

Hokkien: 豬仔囝／猪仔囝 (zh-min-nan) (ti-á-kiáⁿ, tu-á-kiáⁿ), 豬仔／猪仔 (zh-min-nan) (ti-á, tu-á), 豬豚仔／猪豚仔 (ti-thûn-á, tu-thûn-á)

Mandarin: 豚 (zh) (tún), 小豬／小猪 (zh) (xiǎozhū), 豬崽／猪崽 (zh) (zhūzǎi)
Cornish: porghellik m
Czech: sele (cs) n, čunĕ n
Danish: pattegris
Dutch: big (nl) n, biggetje (nl) n
Esperanto: porkido
Estonian: põrsas, notsu
Faroese: súggrísur m
Finnish: porsas (fi)
French: cochonnet (fr) m, goret (fr) m, porcelet (fr) m
Galician: porquiño m, rancho (gl) m, bácoro (gl) m, larego m, rello (gl) m, rengo m, trizó m, reco (gl) m, cuico m, leitón (gl) m
Georgian: გოჭი (goč̣i), ბურვაკი (burvaḳi)
German: Ferkel (de) n, Schweinchen (de) n
Alemannic German: Färli n
Greek: γουρουνόπουλο (el) n (gourounópoulo)
Ancient: χοιρίδιον n (khoirídion), χοιρίον n (khoiríon)
Hawaiian: puaʻa keiki
Hebrew: חֲזַרְזִיר (he) m (khazarzír), חזירון m (khaziron)
Hindi: घेंटा m (ghẽṭā)
Hungarian: malac (hu), malacka (hu), kismalac (hu)
Icelandic: grís (is) m, gríslingur m
Indonesian: anak babi, genjik (id), kucit
Irish: banbh (ga) m
Italian: maialino (it) m, porcello (it)
Japanese: 子豚 (こぶた, kobuta), 豚児 (ja) (とんじ, tonji)
Javanese: genjik (jv)
Kapampangan: abiac (traditional), abyak (modern), abiak, bigac (traditional), bigak (modern)
Kazakh: торай (torai)
Korean: 새끼돼지 (saekkidwaeji)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kudik (ku), berazok (ku), xinzîrk (ku)
Lao: ລູກໝູ (lūk mū), ລູກຫມູ (lūk mū)
Latgalian: syvāns m, syvalāks m
Latin: porcellus m, porcella f, porculus m, porcula f
Latvian: sivēns m
Lithuanian: paršas m
Low German: Farken (nds) n
Luxembourgish: Fierkel n
Macedonian: прасенце n (prasence), прасе n (prase), гуде n (gude)
Malay: anak babi
Maltese: qażquż m, ħannus m
Manchu: ᠮᡳᡥᠠᠨ (mihan)
Manx: bannoo m, ark f, urk f
Maori: punua poaka
Maranao: bakting
Mazanderani: خیکله (xikële)
Mi'kmaq: gulgwi'ji'j anim
Moksha: пурхц (purhc)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: торой (mn) (toroj)

Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠷᠤᠢ (torui)
Nahuatl: pitzoconetl
Norwegian: grisunge m, pattegris m
Occitan: porquet (oc), porcèl (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: прасѧ n (prasę)
Old English: fearh m
Persian: خوکچه (fa) (xukče)
Polish: prosiak (pl) m, prosię (pl) n, browek m
Portuguese: porquinho (pt) m, leitão (pt) m
Quechua: uru kuchi
Romanian: purcel (ro)
Romansch: purschè m, purschi m, purtschi m, purtscheala f, purschel m, purschlin m
Russian: поросёнок (ru) m (porosjónok), сви́нка (ru) f (svínka), свинёнок (ru) m (svinjónok)
Scottish Gaelic: bigean muice m, uircean m, arcan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прасе n, свињче n, одојак m

Roman: prase (sh) n, svinjče (sh) n, odojak (sh) m
Sicilian: purciḍḍuzzu m
Slovak: prasiatko n
Slovene: prašiček m anim, (suckling pig) odojek m anim
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: prose n

Upper Sorbian: proso n
Spanish: lechón (es) m, cerdito (es) m, gorrino (es) m
Swedish: kulting (sv) c
Tagalog: biik (tl), buwik
Tamil: பன்றிக்குட்டி (ta) (paṉṟikkuṭṭi)
Thai: ลูกหมู (lûuk-mǔu)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} domuz yavrusu [domuzcuk]
Turkmen: jojuk
Udi: пота (pota)
Ukrainian: порося́ n (porosjá), порося́тко n (porosjátko)
Uzbek: cho'chqacha
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} lợn con
Volapük: (♂♀) svinül (vo), (♂) hisvinül, (♀) jisvinül, (unweaned, ♂♀) sugasvinül (vo), (unweaned, ♂) sugahisvinül, (unweaned, ♀) sugajisvinül, (castrated ♂) hosvinül, (spayed ♀) josvinül
Walloon: pouchlon (wa) m, coshet (wa) m
Welsh: porchell (cy)
West Frisian: bigge, biggel
Yiddish: חזירל n (khazerl)
Zazaki: xozek

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