sanglier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sanglier.

Noun

sanglier (plural sangliers)

1. (obsolete) A full-grown wild boar.

Anagrams

• Salinger, aligners, arseling, engrails, inlarges, lasering, nargiles, realigns, resignal, salering, seal ring, signaler, slangier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sengler, from Vulgar Latin *singlāris, inherited from Latin singulāris (porcus) (literally “solitary pig”), with later substitution of the suffix -ier for -er. Compare Occitan singlar, Catalan senglar, Italian cinghiale, Friulian cenglâr. Doublet of singulier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.ɡli.je/

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Noun

sanglier m (plural sangliers)

1. wild boar (specifically, a full-grown wild boar)

See also

• laie
• marcassin

Further reading

• “sanglier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ligneras, signaler