colt
A young male horseA young male horse.
» The mother fed the newborn colt.
Мать кормила новорожденного жеребёнка.
Meaning
8 sensesA young male horse.
Hengstfohlen, männliches Fohlen, männliches Füllen
жеребёнокžerebjónok, жере́бчикžerébčik
лоша́lošá
a young male horse under the age of four
A young crane (bird).
(figuratively)A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
(figuratively, slang)A professional cricketer during his first season.
(historical)A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
линёкlinjók
A young camel or donkey.
A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
(figuratively, obsolete, slang)A person who sits as a juryman for the first time.
(obsolete, slang)A weapon formed by slinging a small shot to the end of a somewhat stiff piece of rope.
Examples
8 sentencesThe mother fed the newborn colt.
ruМать кормила новорожденного жеребёнка.
The monkey rode on the colt.
ruОбезьяна ехала на жеребёнке.
The wildest colt makes the best horse.
ruСамый дикий жеребец становится лучшей лошадью.
The colt reared and threw the tall rider.
The calves and the colts were like children to him.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English colt, from Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stumFrom Middle English colt, from Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Faroese koltur (“colt, foal”) Norwegian kult (“treestump”), Swedish kult (“young boar, piglet, boy, lad”) / Swedish kulting (“piglet”). Related to child.
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