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piglet

pig·let
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pig-lit]
    • /ˈpɪg lɪt/
    • /ˈpɪɡ.lət/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pig-lit]
    • /ˈpɪg lɪt/

Definitions of piglet word

  • noun piglet a little pig. 1
  • noun piglet young pig 1
  • countable noun piglet A piglet is a young pig. 0
  • noun piglet a young pig 0
  • noun piglet a little pig, esp. a suckling 0

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Origin of piglet

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; pig1 + -let

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Piglet

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

piglet popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

piglet usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for piglet

noun piglet

  • boar — A boar or a wild boar is a wild pig.
  • cubs — the junior branch of the Scout Association
  • hog — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
  • kittens — Plural form of kitten.
  • oinker — (slang, countable) A pig: an animal of the genus Sus.

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