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Meaning of "Pig Latin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PIG LATIN

Pig Latin play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIG LATIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pig Latin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIG LATIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pig Latin

Pig Latin is a constructed language game where words in English are altered according to a simple set of rules. Pig Latin takes the first consonant of an English word, moves it to the end of the word and suffixes an ay . The objective is to conceal the meaning of the words from others not familiar with the rules. The reference to Latin is a deliberate misnomer, as it is simply a form of jargon, used only for its English connotations as a "strange and foreign-sounding language."...

Definition of Pig Latin in the English dictionary

The definition of Pig Latin in the dictionary is a secret language used by children in which any consonants at the beginning of a word are placed at the end, followed by -ay; for example cathedral becomes athedralcay.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIG LATIN

Pig Island
Pig Islander

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIG LATIN

Biblical Latin
chromatin
cisplatin
Datin
dog Latin
gelatin
gratin
keratin
Late Latin
Latin
Low Latin
matin
Medieval Latin
Neo-Latin
New Latin
Old Latin
patin
satin
statin
Vulgar Latin

Synonyms and antonyms of Pig Latin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Pig Latin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIG LATIN

Find out the translation of Pig Latin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Pig Latin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Pig Latin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

密语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Pig Latin
570 millions of speakers

English

Pig Latin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिग लैटिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خنزير اللاتينية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Свинья Латинской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pig Latin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিগ ল্যাটিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pig Latin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Babi Latin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pig Latin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

豚ラテン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돼지 라틴어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Babi Latin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pig Latin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பன்றி இலத்தீன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिग लॅटिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bozuk Latince
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pig Latin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pig Latin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свиня Латинської
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pig latin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Pig Latin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Kinderlatyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Pig Latin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Pig Latin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pig Latin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIG LATIN»

The term «Pig Latin» is regularly used and occupies the 66.970 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIG LATIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Pig Latin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIG LATIN»

Discover the use of Pig Latin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pig Latin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pig Latin--Not Just for Pigs! #14
When Mordred announces a three-day weekend for DSA, Wiglaf and his friends (including his Pig Latin–speaking pig, Daisy) are off to Erica’s castle.
Kate McMullan, 2005
2
Programming Pig
This guide is an ideal learning tool and reference for Apache Pig, the open source engine for executing parallel data flows on Hadoop.
Alan Gates, 2011
3
Introduction to C++ Programming, Brief Edition
In this programming example, we write a program that prompts the user to input a string and then outputs the string in the pig Latin form. The rules for converting a string into pig Latin form are as follows: 1. If the string begins with a vowel, add ...
D. Malik, 2008
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Perspectives on Black English
Halle considers the case of Pig Latin in order to show that these two approaches are different in fundamental ways. The former approach entails noting the distributional differences of the phonemes of Pig Latin and General American, that ...
Joey Lee Dillard, 1975
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Weekly World News
MONK TRANSLATES BIBLE INTO PIG LATIN SOON THE Bible will be accessible to many more people now that an Irish monk has translated it — into Pig Latin! Although the Good Book has been translated into 2,223 languages worldwide, ...
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Playing with Words
PIG LATIN Ooday ouyay eakspay igpay atinlay? If the answer to the question is " esyay", you need read no further. Pig Latin is the most widely spoken secret language. Children usually learn it by listening, discovering that the secret lies in  ...
Margie Golick, 1987
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C++ Programming: Program Design Including Data Structures
PROGRAMMING EXAMPLE: Pig Latin Strings In this programming example, we write a program that prompts the user to input a string and then outputs the string in the pig Latin form. The rules for converting a string into pig Latin form are as ...
D. Malik, 2010
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Principles of Generative Phonology: An introduction
An example from English is Pig Latin, produced from English words by moving the initial consonant or consonant cluster to the end of the word and then adding the diphthong [ey] at the end. For example, the phrase Pig Latin is changed to ...
John T. Jensen, 2004
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C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design
In this programming example, we write a program that prompts the user to input a string and then outputs the string in the pig Latin form. The rules for converting a string into pig Latin form are as follows: 1. If the string begins with a vowel, add ...
D. Malik, 2014
10
Word Puzzlers - Grades 7-8 (ENHANCED eBook)
The most widely used secret language is Pig Latin. Pig Latin is based on English. To change English into Pig Latin, two methods are used. 1. To all words beginning with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) add the syllable way. For example, at becomes atway, ...
Jean Wolff, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIG LATIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pig Latin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pam Mady: What does whip and nae nae mean?
When I was a teen, my girlfriends and I spoke in pig Latin to confuse our parents. This generation has 10 words for every naughty phrase. «Windsor Star, Jul 15»
2
This (postal) life: belief in the power of letters
Those posted letters were our pig Latin. Later, when we moved interstate, mail would be sent to friends left behind. I sent fan mail to Judy Blume ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
Hortonworks Improves Hadoop Developer Experience
... large data sets -- with a new Pig Latin Editor. Also, a new File Browser was added to work with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). «ADT Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Big Data, Big Misnomer
HiveQL (the SQL-like tool) and Pig Latin (a functional programming language) were some of the early tools on the scene and have grown ... «Datanami, Jul 15»
5
News You Might Have Missed While You Were Down the Shore
"It's a little embarrassing to have to admit this," he said, "but I was playing the washboard and singing the Penn State Alma Mater in Pig Latin ... «State College News, Jul 15»
6
Keeping Secrets
Think back...secret coded messages for communication — whether they involved writing with invisible ink, pig Latin, or complex ciphers for ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»
7
Marylee Mikus
She was a card shark, an accomplished bowler and an expert in Pig Latin. She loved music, games, chocolate and anything that sparkled. «Times Record, Jul 15»
8
Calling Alley Theatre's The Foreigner Good May Be Pushing it, but It …
... a smorgasbord of every foreign-language phrase he can think of with a bit of pig Latin thrown in. Nowhere is Bean's command of this process ... «Houston Press, Jul 15»
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Last Night's True Detective Showcased Exactly Why This Season Is …
... dialogue was so contorted it didn't enter my brain as spoken language, but some experimental new form of pig latin: ootay eriousay uckingfay ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
10
The Mummy Chronicles: When a slip of the tongue spells trouble
But eventually, my husband and I will need a new code to prevent him from picking up banned words. Pig Latin? Orth-way a ought-thay. «AsiaOne, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pig Latin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pig-latin>. May 2024 ».
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