foal

Meaning

Noun

1. A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
2. (historical) 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

Translations

poulain

Fohlen

potro

puledro

veulen

πουλάρι

potro

poltre

tay

Füllen

potranco

pouliner

pollí

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fole

Inherited from Old English: fola

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Foole

Cognate with Western Frisian: fôle

Cognate with Dutch: veulen

Cognate with German: Fohlen

Cognate with Swedish: fåle

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πῶλος

Cognate with Latin: pullus

Cognate with Albanian: pelë

Cognate with Classical Armenian: ուլ

In summary

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 .