Learn Romanian › porc
porc
pig /ˈpork/
noun#1202 most common
Also: hog, pork (as meat), swine (insult for a rude or dirty person)
Example sentences
Porcul mănâncă.
The pig is eating.
Avem un porc la fermă.
We have a pig on the farm.
Fermierul hrănește porcii în fiecare dimineață.
The farmer feeds the pigs every morning.
Carnea de porc este foarte populară în bucătăria românească.
Pork is very popular in Romanian cuisine.
Nu te purta ca un porc la masă!
Don't behave like a pig at the table!
Grohăitul porcilor din curte l-a trezit cu mult înainte de răsărit.
The grunting of the pigs in the yard woke him well before sunrise.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | porcul | porcii |
| Genitive | porcului | porcilor |
| Accusative | porcul | porcii |
| Vocative | porcule | porcilor |
Word family
porcăriemess, filth, or a dirty trick
porcescpiggish, swinish
porcușorpiglet (diminutive)
porcinporcine, relating to pigs
Etymology
Porc comes directly from Latin porcus, meaning pig or young pig. Romanian kept the word largely unchanged from Vulgar Latin, unlike English, which borrowed a form of the same Latin root through French to get pork while keeping its native word pig for the live animal. The Latin term itself traces back to a common Indo-European word for pig.
Learn Romanian the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free