different between suine vs swine

English

Noun

suine (countable and uncountable, plural suines)

1. (zoology) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Suinae, which is comprised of modern pigs (genus Sus) and their close relatives, both living and extinct.
   • 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (volume 7, page 574)

     Primitive suines appeared in the Eocene.

2. (rare, uncountable) A buttery substitute usually made of suet or lard.

Anagrams

• in use, insue

Italian

Adjective

suine

1. feminine plural of suino

Latin

Adjective

su?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of su?nus

English

Etymology

From Middle English swine, swin, from Old English sw?n, from Proto-Germanic *sw?n?, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”), equivalent to sow +? -en. Related to West Frisian swyn, Low German Swien, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein, Danish and Swedish svin, and more distantly to Polish ?winia, Russian ??????? (svin?já), Latin s?inus, Latin s?s, Ancient Greek ?? (hûs), Persian ???? (xuk). See also sow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

swine (plural swine or swines)

1. (plural swine) A pig (the animal).
2. (derogatory) A contemptible person (plural swines).
3. (slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".
4. (slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:English collective nouns

Noun

swine

1. (archaic) plural of sow

Anagrams

• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, sinew, swein, we'ins, wenis, wines, wisen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• swin, swein, swynne, zuin, swyn, swyne, sweyne, swiyn, suin, sqwyne

Etymology

From Old English sw?n, from Proto-Germanic *sw?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swi?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

swine (plural swines)

1. A pig, hog or swine.
2. The meat of swine or pigs; pork.
3. (colloquial) A disgraceful individual.

Synonyms

• pigge
• hog

Descendants

• Scots: swine
• English: swine

References

• “sw?n(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.