English

Etymology
Unknown origin. Perhaps cognate with West Flemish schote �young piglet�; perhaps partly from Old English sceota �to dart�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/���t/

Noun
en-noun

1. A young, newly-weaned pig.

#:*1955: There would have been nature studies � a tiger pursuing a bird of paradise, a choking snake sheathing whole the flayed trunk of a shoat. � Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Synonyms
piglet
Alternative spellings
shote

fa:shoat
ru:shoat

• 2007-01-04 01:03 - RobotGMwikt - robot Adding: [[fa:shoat]]

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