warthog

English

Etymology

wart +‎ hog

A soiled warthog relaxing during a hot day at San Diego Zoo, California, USA

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːtˌhɒɡ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹtˌhɔɡ/, /-hɑɡ/

Noun

warthog (plural warthogs)

(zoology) A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.
(military) A nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane

Hyponyms

(wild pig): Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Phacochoerus africanus

Derived terms

Translations

a species of wild pig

Afar: ceraytu
Afrikaans: vlakvark
Arabic: خَنْزِير بَرِّيّ m (ḵanzīr barriyy)
Basque: fakokero
Belarusian: барада́вачнік m (baradávačnik)
Bulgarian: брадавично прасе n (bradavično prase)
Catalan: facoquer m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疣豬／疣猪 (zh) (yóuzhū)
Czech: prase bradavičnaté (cs) n
Danish: vortesvinet n
Dutch: knobbelzwijn (nl) n, wrattenzwijn (nl) n
Esperanto: verukapro, fakoĉero
Estonian: tüügassiga
Finnish: pahkasika (fi)
French: phacochère (fr) m
German: Warzenschwein (de) n
Greek: φακόχοιρος m (fakóchoiros)
Hausa: gadu
Hebrew: חזיר יבלות
Hungarian: varacskosdisznó (hu)
Icelandic: vörtusvín n
Ido: fakochero (io)
Irish: torc na bhfaithní m
Italian: facocero (it) m
Japanese: 疣猪 (ja) (いぼいのしし, iboinoshishi), イボイノシシ (ja) (iboinoshishi)
Kikuyu: ngĩrĩ class 9/10
Korean: 혹멧돼지 (hongmetdwaeji)
Kyrgyz: сөөлкаман (söölkaman)
Malay: babi hutan (ms)
Polish: guziec (pl) m, fakoszer (pl) m
Portuguese: facochero m, javali-africano m, facoquero m
Romanian: porc alergător m, porc cu negi m, facocer m
Russian: борода́вочник (ru) m (borodávočnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: bradavičava svinja f
Spanish: facóquero m
Swahili: ngiri (sw)
Swedish: vårtsvin (sv) n
Tumbuka: nguluwe
Ukrainian: борода́вочник m (borodávočnyk)
Vietnamese: lợn bướu
Welsh: mochyn dafadennog m, baedd dafadennog m
Wolof: mbaam-àll mi (wo)
Zulu: intibane

References

warthog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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