colt
A young male horseA young male horse.
» The mother fed the newborn colt.
Мать кормила новорожденного жеребёнка. — captcrouton
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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. — captcrouton
The monkey rode on the colt.
ruОбезьяна ехала на жеребёнке. — captcrouton
The wildest colt makes the best horse.
ruСамый дикий жеребец становится лучшей лошадью. — captcrouton
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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