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farrow.

A litter of piglets.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfæɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfæɹoʊ/General-American/ˈfɛɹoʊ/General-American
  1. A litter of piglets.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Germanic *farhaz Proto-West Germanic *farh Old English fearh Middle English *farow English farrow 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.

verb/ˈfæɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfæɹoʊ/General-American/ˈfɛɹoʊ/General-American
  1. To give birth to (a litter of piglets).

Where this word comes from

From Middle English farwen, from the noun.

adj/ˈfæɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfæɹoʊ/General-American/ˈfɛɹoʊ/General-American
  1. Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.

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Where this word comes from

Cognate with Old English fearr (“bull”).

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