English Explanatory Dictionary

pig Latin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of wordplay in which (English) words are altered by moving the onset consonants of a word to the end and appending -ay [eɪ̯], except when the word begins with a vowel, in which case "-way" [weɪ̯] is suffixed with no leading phonetic change.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of pig Latin.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of pig Latin.

Word forms

pig Latin

Etymology

The word Latin derives from the language itself (though it is not linguistically related; that is an intentional misnomer), but the origin of pig is unknown.

Synonyms

igpay atinlay

Related words

apothecary's Latin bog Latin Canis Latinicus cod Latin hog Latin dog Latin law Latin macaronic Latin mock Latin pseudo-Latinism English Pig Latin terms
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