foal

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

colt

filly

give birth to

yearling

horse

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calve

be delivered of a young

drop a litter

young of any animal

be with young

cub

give birth

mustang

young ass

young horse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəʊl/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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