swineherd

English

Etymology

From Middle English swyneherde, from Old English swīnhyrde (“swineherd”), equivalent to swine +‎ herd (“herder”). Cognate with German Schweinehirt, Schweinehirte (“swineherd”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswɑɪnˌhɜːd/,

Noun

swineherd (plural swineherds)

A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).

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Translations

person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs

Aromanian: purcar m
Basque: txerrizain, urdezain
Catalan: porquerol (ca) m, porquer m
Finnish: sikopaimen
French: porcher (fr) m, porchère (fr) f, porchers (fr) m pl, porchères (fr) f pl
Galician: porqueiro m, porqueira f
German: Schweinehirt m, Schweinehirte (de) m, Schweinehirtin f, Schweinehüter m, Schweinehüterin f
Greek:
Ancient: συβώτης m (subṓtēs)
Hungarian: kanász (hu), kondás (hu), disznópásztor (hu)
Irish: muicí m
Old Irish: muccaid m

Italian: porcaio m
Latin: subulcus m
Macedonian: свињар m (svínjar)
Occitan: porquièr (oc) m
Polish: świniopas (pl) m
Portuguese: porqueiro m, porcariço m
Romanian: porcar (ro) m, porcăreasă f
Spanish: porquero (es) m, porquera (es) f
Swedish: svinaherde c
Venetian: porchèr m, porcàr m

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