Marzipan pigs do not grunt.
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Grunt
//ɡɹʌnt//
Synonyms for "grunt" (136 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
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More general
9 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
15 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
175 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- γρυλλίζω verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- γρυλλίζω verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
- γρῡλίζω verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- γρῡλίζω verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Aromanian
1 entries- gurnjescu verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
Basque
2 entries- kurrinka noun (cry of a pig)
- kurrinkatu verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Bulgarian
4 entries- грухтене noun (cry of a pig)
- мощност noun ((slang) the amount of power of which a vehicle is capable)
- сумтене noun (short, snorting sound)
- грухтя verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Catalan
2 entries- gruny noun (cry of a pig)
- grunyir verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Czech
4 entries- chrochtání noun (cry of a pig)
- zabručení noun (short, snorting sound)
- zachrochtání noun (cry of a pig)
- zavrčení noun (short, snorting sound)
Danish
4 entries- fnys noun (short, snorting sound)
- fodtusse noun (an infantry soldier)
- grynt noun (cry of a pig)
- fnyse verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
Dutch
2 entries- grom noun (short, snorting sound)
- knor noun (cry of a pig)
Esperanto
1 entries- grunti verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Faroese
1 entries- rína verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Finnish
4 entries- murahdus noun (short, snorting sound)
- murisija noun (fish of the family Haemulidae)
- nurmipora noun (an infantry soldier)
- röhkäisy noun (cry of a pig)
French
4 entries- bidasse noun (an infantry soldier)
- griveton noun (an infantry soldier)
- grognement noun (short, snorting sound)
- troufion noun (an infantry soldier)
Galician
4 entries- cuincho noun (short, snorting sound)
- cuincho noun (cry of a pig)
- cuiña noun (short, snorting sound)
- cuiña noun (cry of a pig)
German
4 entries- Frontschwein noun (an infantry soldier)
- Grunzen noun (cry of a pig)
- Grunzer noun (short, snorting sound)
- Grunzer noun (fish of the family Haemulidae)
Greek
4 entries- ανειδίκευτος εργάτης noun (a person who does ordinary and boring work)
- γρυλισμός noun (short, snorting sound)
- γρυλισμός noun (cry of a pig)
- γρυλλισμός noun (short, snorting sound)
Hebrew
1 entries- רַגְלִי noun (an infantry soldier)
Hungarian
4 entries- röfög noun (short, snorting sound)
- röfögés noun (cry of a pig)
- felmordul verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- morog verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
Ido
4 entries- gruno noun (short, snorting sound)
- gruno noun (cry of a pig)
- grunar verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- grunar verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Irish
1 entries- gnúsacht noun (short, snorting sound)
Italian
3 entries- grugnito noun (short, snorting sound)
- grugnito noun (cry of a pig)
- grugnire verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Khmer
1 entries- ង៉េកៗ verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Latin
4 entries- grunnītus noun (short, snorting sound)
- grunnītus noun (cry of a pig)
- grunniō verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- grunniō verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Macedonian
1 entries- гровта verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Middle English
2 entries- grunten verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- grunten verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Māori
4 entries- horu noun (short, snorting sound)
- horuhoru noun (short, snorting sound)
- horuhoru noun (cry of a pig)
- ngō noun (cry of a pig)
Norman
2 entries- gronner verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- gronner verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Old English
4 entries- grunnettan verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- grunnettan verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
- grunnian verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- grunnian verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوفكه noun (short, snorting sound)
Polish
2 entries- chrumkanie noun (cry of a pig)
- chrząknięcie noun (short, snorting sound)
Portuguese
4 entries- grunido noun (short, snorting sound)
- grunido noun (cry of a pig)
- grunir verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
- grunir verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Romanian
4 entries- groh noun (short, snorting sound)
- grohăit noun (cry of a pig)
- mormăit noun (short, snorting sound)
- mârâit noun (short, snorting sound)
Russian
4 entries- бурча́ние noun (short, snorting sound)
- ворча́ние noun (short, snorting sound)
- хрю́канье noun (cry of a pig)
- бурча́ть verb (of a person: to make a grunt or grunts)
Spanish
4 entries- burro noun (fish of the family Haemulidae)
- currito noun (a person who does ordinary and boring work)
- gruñido noun (short, snorting sound)
- machaca noun (an infantry soldier)
Swedish
4 entries- grymtfisk noun (fish of the family Haemulidae)
- grymtning noun (short, snorting sound)
- grymtning noun (cry of a pig)
- hantlangare noun (a person who does ordinary and boring work)
Tagalog
1 entries- gonggong noun (fish of the family Haemulidae)
Turkish
2 entries- homurdanma noun (short, snorting sound)
- homurtu noun (short, snorting sound)
Vietnamese
2 entries- (cá) sạo noun (fish of the family Haemulidae)
- ủn ỉn verb (of a pig: to make a grunt or grunts)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
What do you expect from a pig but a grunt.
Source: tatoeba (8772799)
"How'd your project go?" "I did all the grunt work, yet my group still managed to get a 'C'."
Source: tatoeba (10155972)
Pigs grunt.
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