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Dictionary: pig·gy   (pĭg'ē) pronunciation
n. Informal, pl., -gies.
A little pig.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a young pig
  Synonyms: piglet, shoat


The adjective piggy has one meaning:

Meaning #1: resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
  Synonyms: hoggish, piggish, porcine, swinish


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - grisebasse
adj. - grådig, egoistisk

idioms:

  • piggy bank    sparegris

Nederlands (Dutch)
big, teen, het pinkelen, klein/lelijk (ogen)

Français (French)
n. - cochon
adj. - de cochon

idioms:

  • piggy bank    tirelire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schweinchen
adj. - Schweinchen-

idioms:

  • piggy bank    Sparschwein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γουρουνάκι, παιδική λέξη για δάκτυλο του ποδιού
adj. - γουρουνίσιος, σαν του γουρουνιού

idioms:

  • piggy bank    κουμπαράς

Italiano (Italian)
porcellino, porcino

idioms:

  • piggy bank    salvadanaio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - leitãozinho (m)
adj. - voraz

idioms:

  • piggy bank    cofrinho

Русский (Russian)
поросенок, свиной

idioms:

  • piggy bank    копилка

Español (Spanish)
n. - cerdito, cochinillo, lechón, guarro, glotón
adj. - glotón, de cerdito o lechón

idioms:

  • piggy bank    hucha, alcancía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nasse, griskulting
adj. - glupsk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
小猪, 贪心的

idioms:

  • piggy bank    扑满

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小豬
adj. - 貪心的

idioms:

  • piggy bank    撲滿

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 새끼 돼지
adj. - 돼지 같은, 게걸스러운

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ブーちゃん, 子豚
adj. - 豚のような, 子をはらんで

idioms:

  • piggy bank    貯金箱, 料金所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خنوص, خنزير صغير (صفه) شره, نهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חזירון, חזרזיר, בוהן הרגל (מילת ילדים)‬
adj. - ‮דומה לחזיר, חזירי, זולל‬


 
 
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