foal

Signification

Noun

1. A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
2. A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.

Verb

To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fəʊl/

Étymologie

From Middle English fole, from Old English fola, from Proto-West Germanic *folō, from Proto-Germanic *fulô, from pre-Germanic *pl̥Hon-, from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- (“animal young”) (cognate with Saterland Frisian Foole, West Frisian fôle, foalle, Dutch veulen, German Low German Fohl, German Fohlen, Fohle, Swedish fåle; compare also Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), Latin pullus, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”). Related to filly.

Phrases

John and the Humpbacked Foal embark on an adventure in the Magical Roads .

John et le poulain à bosse se lancent dans une aventure sur les routes magiques.