porcile
Italian
Maiali in un porcile – Pigs in a pigsty
Etymology
From porco (“pig”) + -ile (“-arium”). Displaced Classical Latin suīle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /porˈt͡ʃi.le/
- Rhymes: -ile
- Hyphenation: por‧cì‧le
Noun
porcile m (plural porcili)
- pigsty, specifically:
- an enclosure where pigs are kept
- (figurative, colloquial) a dirty or very untidy place
Synonyms
- porcareccia
- porcilaia
Related terms
- porco
Anagrams
- colpire, coprile, percoli, replico, replicò
Latin
Etymology
porcus + -īle.
Noun
porcīle n (genitive porcīlis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) a pigsty
- Synonym: suīle
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | porcīle | porcīlia |
| Genitive | porcīlis | porcīlium |
| Dative | porcīlī | porcīlibus |
| Accusative | porcīle | porcīlia |
| Ablative | porcīlī | porcīlibus |
| Vocative | porcīle | porcīlia |
References
- porcile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)