stallion

English

Etymology

From Middle English stalion, from Middle French estalon (whence modern French étalon), of Germanic origin, akin to stall. Displaced native Old English henġest.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstæli.ən/, /ˈstæljən/
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Rhymes: -æliən, -æljən
Hyphenation: stal‧lion

Noun

stallion (plural stallions)

An adult male horse.
1. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
2. A male horse kept primarily as a stud.
A very virile and sexually-inclined man or (rarely) woman.
- 2012, Garry Kay, Break Free:
  'You stallion.'
  Brian patted Tom on the back, but now with mixed feelings. He was pleased for his brother, but slightly jealous that Tom had lost his virginity before him

Synonyms

entire
studhorse, stud horse

Derived terms

stallioneer
stallioner

Translations

uncastrated male horse

Afrikaans: hings (af)
Albanian: hamshor (sq) m
Arabic: جَوَاد‎ m (jawād)
Armenian: հովատակ (hy) (hovatak)
Avar: айгъир (ajğir)
Azerbaijani: ayğır
Belarusian: жарабе́ц m (žarabjéc)
Bulgarian: жребе́ц (bg) m (žrebéc)
Chechen: айгӏар (ajğar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公马 (zh) (gōngmǎ)
Czech: hřebec (cs) m
Danish: hingst (da) c, hanhest c
Dutch: hengst (nl) m
Egyptian:

(jbr)
Erzya: айгор (ajgor)
Esperanto: virĉevalo
Faroese: hestur (fo) m
Finnish: ori (fi)
French: étalon (fr) m
Georgian: ულაყი (ulaq̇i)
German: Hengst (de) m, Pferdehengst, Pferdemännchen n
Greek: επιβήτορας (el) m (epivítoras)
Ancient: ἐπιβήτωρ m (epibḗtōr)
Hausa: ingarma
Hungarian: csődör (hu), mén (hu)
Icelandic: stóðhestur m, graðhestur (is) m
Ido: kavalulo (io)
Irish: stail f
Italian: stallone (it) m
Japanese: 種馬 (ja) (taneuma)
Karakhanid: اَذْغِرْ‎ (aδɣïr)
Lao: ມ້າຜູ້ (mā phū)
Latgalian: ogers
Latvian: ērzelis m
Lithuanian: eržilas (lt) m
Low German:
German Low German: Hingst (nds) m, Hengst (nds) m
Luxembourgish: Hengscht (lb) m
Macedonian: ждребец m (ždrebec)
Maori: tāriana
Mongolian: азрага (azraga)
Navajo: łį́į́chogii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hingst (no) m, grahest m, hest (no) m, (ukastrert) hannhest m
Nynorsk: hingst m, grahest m, hest m, (ukastrert) hannhest m
Old English: henġest m
Old Norse: reini m, hestr m
Old Turkic: 𐰑𐰍𐰺‎ (adɣïr)
Ottoman Turkish: آیغر‎ (aygır)
Persian: نریان‎ (fa) (nariyân), گشن‎ (fa) (gošn)
Plautdietsch: Hinjst (nds) m
Polish: ogier (pl) m
Portuguese: garanhão (pt) m
Romani:
Vlax Romani: harmasari
Romanian: armăsar (ro) m
Russian: жеребе́ц (ru) m (žerebéc)
Scots: couser
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ждребац m, ждрије́бац m, па̏стӯх m, пастув m
Roman: ždrebac (sh) m, ždrijébac (sh) m, pȁstūh (sh) m, pastuv (sh) m
Slovak: tátoš m, žrebec (sk) m
Slovene: žrebec (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: hengist m
Spanish: potro (es) m, semental (es) m, cojudo (es) m, entero (es) m, padrillo (es) m
Swedish: hingst (sv) c
Turkish: aygır (tr) m
Ukrainian: жеребе́ць (uk) m (žerebécʹ)
Uyghur: ئايغىر‎ (ayghir)
Volapük: hijevod (vo), omjeval (obsolete), lejeval (obsolete)
Walloon: roncén (wa) m
Welsh: march (cy) m
Wiradhuri: yindaay
Wolof: sàll wi
Yakut: атыыр (atıır)
Yiddish: אָגער‎ m (oger)

male horse kept primarily as a stud

Chinese:
Mandarin: 種馬／种马 (zh) (zhǒngmǎ)
Danish: avlshingst c
Dutch: dekhengst (nl) m
German: Deckhengst m, Zuchthengst (de) m, Schälhengst m, Schellhengst m, Beschäler (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ὀχεῖον n (okheîon)
Italian: stallone (it) m
Macedonian: пастув m (pastuv)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avlshingst m, stohingst m
Nynorsk: avlshingst m, alshingst m, alehingst m, stohingst m
Portuguese: garanhão (pt) m
Russian: саме́ц-производи́тель (ru) m (saméc-proizvodítelʹ), жеребе́ц (ru) m (žerebéc)
Spanish: semental (es) m
Swedish: hingst (sv) c, avelshingst c

very virile, sexually-inclined man

Azerbaijani: ayğır
Dutch: dekhengst (nl) m
German: Zuchthengst (de) m
Greek: επιβήτορας (el) m (epivítoras)
Hungarian: csődör (hu)
Italian: stallone (it) m
Macedonian: пастув m (pastuv)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: grahest m
Nynorsk: grahest m
Portuguese: garanhão (pt) m
Russian: (colloquial) жеребе́ц (ru) m (žerebéc)
Spanish: semental (es) m, cuero (es) m, mango (es) m, papasote m
Walloon: roncén (wa) m

Anagrams

Llanitos, Santillo, Taillons