'un canard' is a duck. The pig is 'un cochon' (masc.) or 'un porc' (masc.)
The English word pig actually derives from the PIE base *perk-, meaning "dig, furrow".
The French word for Guinea pig is "cochon d'Inde."
the french (francais-fron-say) word for pig "COCHON".
pig
The French phrase for "spiny pig" is porc épineux, which tells me it is the origin of the English word "porcupine".
cochon volant.
There is no 3-letter French word for a female pig. The female pig is "la truie", sometimes called "une coche" (term used mainly among pig breeders); "une laie" is a female boar. The English term "sow", meaning female pig, comes from a Latin word for pig, through old French and Burgundian dialect. The French related word is "soue", a rarely used term meaning a pigsty.
The pig is called "le cochon" or "le porc" in French.
votre petit cochon
Pig Fish
the French wordf for guinea-pig is Cochon D'Inde
Cochon d'Inde is the French word for guinea pig.