Usage Note
Porcherie is used both literally for a pig farm building and figuratively for any very dirty or messy place — cette chambre est une vraie porcherie ('this room is a real pigsty'). The related word porc ('pig') shares the Latin root porcus. The figurative use is very common in everyday speech.
Examples
"Le fermier nettoie la porcherie chaque matin."
Natural Translation
The farmer cleans the pigsty every morning.
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