English Explanatory Dictionary

farrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A litter of piglets.
verb
  1. To give birth to (a litter of piglets).
adj
  1. Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A former community in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæɹəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-farrow.wav /ˈfæɹoʊ/ /ˈfɛɹoʊ/ En-us-farro.ogg

Word forms

farrow farrows farrowing farrowed

Etymology

From Middle English *farow, *fargh (found only in the plural faren), from Old English fearh (“piglet”), from Proto-West Germanic *farh, from Proto-Germanic *farhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”). See also Old High German farah, Middle Irish orc (“piglet”), Latin porcus, Proto-Slavic *porsę (“pig, piglet”), Lithuanian par̃šas, Avestan: 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (pər^əsa). Doublet of pork.

Derived words

farrowing unfarrowed
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