foal

foal

English

A mare and foal.

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəʊl/, [fɔʊɫ]
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /fɐʉl/, [fɔʊɫ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /foʊl/, [foɫ]

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• Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

foal (plural foals)

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

Translations

young horse

Albanian: mëz (sq) m Arabic: مُهْر‎ m (muhr), فِلْو‎ m (filw) Egyptian Arabic: مهر‎ m (muhr) Armenian: մտրուկ (hy) (mtruk), քուռակ (hy) (kʿuṙak) Aromanian: mãndzu Avar: тайи (taji) Azerbaijani: qulun Bashkir: ҡолон (qolon); (diminutive) ҡолонсаҡ (qolonsaq), ҡолоҡай (qoloqay) Belarusian: жарабя́ n (žarabjá), жарабё n (žarabjó) Breton: ebeul (br) m Bulgarian: конче́ (bg) n (končé), жребче́ (bg) n (žrebčé) Burmese: မြင်းကလေး (my) (mrang:ka.le:) Buryat: унаган (unagan) Catalan: pollí (ca), poltre (ca) m, f Chechen: бекъа (beqʼa) Chinese: Mandarin: 駒子／驹子 (zh) (jūzi), 駒／驹 (zh) (jū), 䮔 (zh) Chuvash: тиха (tih̬a) Crimean Tatar: bala, at bala Czech: hříbě (cs) n Danish: føl (da) n Dutch: veulen (nl) n, kachtel (nl) n Erzya: парнэ (parne), вашо (vašo) Esperanto: ĉevalido Estonian: varss (et) Faroese: fyl n, foli m Finnish: varsa (fi) French: poulain (fr) m, pouliche (fr) f Galician: poldro (gl) m Georgian: კვიცი (ḳvici) German: Fohlen (de) n, Füllen (de) n, Jungpferd n Alemannic German: Füli n Greek: πουλάρι (el) n (poulári) Ancient: πῶλος m or f (pôlos) Hebrew: סייח‎ (he) m (s’yách) Hungarian: csikó (hu) Icelandic: folald (is) n Indonesian: anak kuda Ingush: бакъ (baqʼ) Irish: searrach m Italian: puledro (it) n (poltrone (it) (obsolete)) Japanese: 子馬 (ja) (こうま, kouma) Javanese: belo (jv) Kalmyk: унһн (unğn) Kazakh: құлын (qūlyn), құлыншақ (qūlynşaq) Korean: 망아지 (ko) (mang'aji) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: جوانوو‎ (cwanû) Northern Kurdish: canî (ku) Kyrgyz: кулун (ky) (kulun), тай (ky) (tay) Latin: equulus m Latvian: kumeļš Lithuanian: kumeliukas Macedonian: ждребе n (ždrebe) Malay: anak kuda Maltese: felu m Maori: punua hōiho, hōiho kuao Mongolian: унага (mn) (unaga) Norman: poulain m Norwegian: føll (no) n, fole (no) m Old Church Slavonic: жрѣбьць m (žrěbĭcĭ), жрѣбѧ n (žrěbę) Old English: fola m Persian: کره‎ (fa) (korre) Plautdietsch: Falm n Polish: źrebak (pl) m, źrebię (pl) n Portuguese: potro (pt) m Romani: khuro m Romanian: mânz (ro) m, mânză (ro) f Russian: жеребёнок (ru) m (žerebjónok) Scottish Gaelic: searrach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ждребе n, ждријебе n Roman: ždrebe (sh) n, ždrijebe (sh) n Shor: қулун Sicilian: putru (scn) m Slovak: žriebä n Slovene: žrebe (sl) n, žrebiček m (diminutive) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: žrěbje n Upper Sorbian: žrěbjo n Spanish: potranco m, potro (es) m, potra f, potrillo (es) m Swedish: föl (sv) n Tagalog: bisiro Tatar: колын (tt) (qolın) Turkish: tay (tr) Turkmen: taý Ukrainian: лоша́ n (lošá), жеребе́ць (uk) m (žerebécʹ) Uzbek: toy (uz) Vietnamese: ngựa con, lừa con Volapük: jevodül (vo) Welsh: ebol (cy) m West Frisian: fôle Yakut: кулун (kulun)

Verb

foal (third-person singular simple present foals, present participle foaling, simple past and past participle foaled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], OCLC 906152507:

     All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled.

   • 1877, Anna Sewell, “Chapter 22”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], OCLC 228733457:

     "Well," said John, "I don't believe there is a better pair of horses in the country, and right grieved I am to part with them, but they are not alike; the black one is the most perfect temper I ever knew; I suppose he has never known a hard word or a blow since he was foaled, and all his pleasure seems to be to do what you wish […]

Translations

give birth (equestrian)

Bulgarian: ожребвам се (ožrebvam se) Catalan: pollinar (ca) Czech: ohřebit se pf, vrhnout hříbě Danish: fole (da) Faroese: fola Finnish: varsoa (fi) French: pouliner (fr) German: fohlen (de) Icelandic: kasta (is) Macedonian: се ождребува (se oždrebuva) Polish: oźrebić się Portuguese: parir (pt) Romanian: făta (ro) Russian: жереби́ться (ru) impf (žerebítʹsja), ожереби́ться (ru) pf (ožerebítʹsja) Sicilian: figghiari (scn), sgravari Slovene: ožrebiti se (sl) pf Swedish: föla (sv) Westrobothnian: fåla

See also

• colt
• filly
• horseling
• mare
• stallion

Anagrams

• AFOL, Olaf, loaf