different between swine vs potale

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.

English

Alternative forms

• pot ale

Etymology

pot +? ale

Noun

potale (uncountable)

1. A liquid byproduct from a grain distillery, consisting of the liquid portion of draff after the spent grain is removed, plus washings from tuns (spent wash). Over time its disposition has varied: mostly as dumped waste, sometimes sold for part of the ration for pigs and cattle, when such a market is available.

Anagrams

• patole, pelota