porcile

Italian

Maiali in un porcile – Pigs in a pigsty

Etymology

Inherited 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:
   1. an enclosure where pigs are kept
2. (figurative, colloquial) a dirty or very untidy place

Synonyms

• porcareccia
• porcilaia

Related terms

• porco

Anagrams

• colpire, coprile, percoli, replico, replicò

Latin

Etymology

From porcus ‎ -īle. Compare Vulgar Latin *porcīle.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /porˈkiː.le/, [pɔrˈkiːɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /porˈt͡ʃi.le/, [porˈt͡ʃiːle]

Noun

porcīle n (genitive porcīlis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. a pigsty

   Synonym: suīle

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	porcīle	porcīlia
genitive	porcīlis	porcīlium
dative	porcīlī	porcīlibus
accusative	porcīle	porcīlia
ablative	porcīlī	porcīlibus
vocative	porcīle	porcīlia

Further reading

• 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)