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pig latin

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of pig Latin.
    alt-of, uncountable
  2. A type of wordplay in which (English) words are altered by moving the leading phonetic of a word to the end and appending -ay [eɪ̯], except when the word begins with a vowel, in which case "-way" [weɪ̯] is suffixed with no leading phonetic change.
    uncountable

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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pig launcher pig lead pig out pig party pig pile pig plague

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