farrow

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfæɹəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæɹoʊ/, /ˈfɛɹoʊ/ Rhymes: -æɹəʊ Hyphenation: farr‧ow Homophone: pharaoh (one pronunciation) === Etymology 1 === 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 (pərəsa). Doublet of pork. ==== Noun ==== farrow (plural farrows) A litter of piglets. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English farwen, from the noun. ==== Verb ==== farrow (third-person singular simple present farrows, present participle farrowing, simple past and past participle farrowed) To give birth to (a litter of piglets). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Cognate with Old English fearr (“bull”). ==== Adjective ==== farrow (not comparable) (of cows) Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren. ===== Translations =====