What does porcīle mean in Latin?

porcīle, a noun, means “pigsty”.

noun · masculine

porcīle¹

*porcīle m (plural *porcīlēs)

Meaning

Proto Romancereconstructionpigsty

Origins

From porc- (“pig”) + -īle (“place for keeping”). Displaced Classical Latin suīle. Eventually surfaces as Medieval Latin porcīle in the 13th century, by this point a borrowing from Romance.

Ibero-Romance

Portuguesepocil
PortuguesePocil
AsturianPorciles

Insular Romance

Sardinianporchile

Italo-Romance

Italianporcile

Gallo-Romance

Old Frenchporchil
Provençalporciufrom Old Occitan porsil

noun · neuterthird declension

porcīle²

porcīle n (genitive porcīlis)

Classical[pɔrˈkiː.ɫɛ]Ecclesiastical[porˈt͡ʃiː.le]

porcīlia pl. nom.; pl. acc.; pl. voc.

Meaning

Medieval Latina pigsty

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	porcīle	porcīlia
genitive	porcīlis	porcīlium
dative	porcīlī	porcīlibus
accusative	porcīle	porcīlia
ablative	porcīlī	porcīlibus
vocative	porcīle	porcīlia

Origins

Proto-Indo-European*perḱ-
Proto-Indo-European*pórḱos
Proto-Italic*porkos
Latinporcīle

Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlis Latin -īle Latin porcīle From porcus + -īle. Compare Vulgar Latin *porcīle.

Quick answers

What does porcīle mean in Latin?: porcīle, a noun, means “pigsty”.