Meaning

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

    Fohlen, Füllen, Jungpferd

    жеребёнокžerebjónok

    лоша́lošá, жеребе́цьžerebécʹ

    a young horse

  2. (historical)A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. My mare foaled.

    Моя кобила ожеребилася. — Balamax

    ruМоя кобыла ожеребилась. — Balamax

    deMeine Stute hat gefohlt. — Zaghawa

  2. The foal has a short tail.

    ruУ жеребёнка короткий хвост. — Selena777

    deDas Fohlen hat einen kurzen Schwanz. — Yorwba

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  3. Tom gave birth to two foals.

  4. How is your new foal managing?

  5. The mare gave birth to a foal.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Origin

From Middle English ffoole, foale, fole, fool, foole, fowle, from Old English fola, from P

From Middle English ffoole, foale, fole, fool, foole, fowle, from Old English fola, from Proto-West Germanic *folō, from Proto-Germanic *fulô (“foal”), from pre-Germanic *pl̥Hon-, from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- (“animal young”).

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Forms

plural: foals
Singularfoal
Pluralfoals

regular

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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