porcile

Italian

Maiali in un porcile – Pigs in a pigsty

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *porcīle. By surface analysis, porco (“pig”) +‎ -ile (“place for keeping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /porˈt͡ʃi.le/
• Rhymes: -ile
• Hyphenation: por‧cì‧le

Noun

porcile m (plural porcili)

1. pigsty, specifically:
2. an enclosure where pigs are kept
3. (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

1. (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)