Complete Definition of "foal"

Image:Mare and foal (Kvetina-Marie).jpg|thumb|right|A mare and foal.
English
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Etymology
Old English fola, from Germanic *fulon, from Indo-European *poul- �young animal�. Cognate with Dutch veulen, German Fohlen, Swedish fåle; and (from Indo-European) with Greek �ῶλο�, Latin pullus. Compare filly.

Pronunciation
IPA|/f��l/ (UK)
audio|en-us-foal.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��l|-��l

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations
trans-top|young horse
Albanian: mëz m
Catalan: pollí, poltre m/f
Breton: ebeul m
Crimean Tatar: bala#Crimean Tatar|bala, at bala
Croatian: ždrijebe n
Czech: h�íb� n
Danish: føl n
Dutch: veulen n
Erzya: па�н� (parne), ва�о (vasho)
Esperanto: �evalido
Finnish: varsa
French: poulain m
German: Fohlen n, Füllen n
Greek: �ο�λά�ι (poulári) n
Hungarian: csikó
Icelandic: folald n
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Italian: puledro n
Macedonian: жд�ебе n
Maltese: felu m
Maori: punua hoiho
Norwegian: føll n
Old English: fola m
Polish: źrebak m, źrebi� n
Romanian: mânz m
Russian: же�еб�нок (žer'eb'ónok) m
Slovene: žrebe n, žrebi�ek m (dimin.)
Spanish: potranco m, potro m
Swedish: föl n
Turkish: tay
Welsh: ebol m
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Verb
foal

  1. context|equestrian To give birth; to bear offspring.

Translations
trans-top|give birth
Finnish: varsoa
Icelandic: kasta
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Polish: oźrebi� si�
Macedonian: �е ожд�еб�ва
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Anagrams
loaf

See also
colt
filly
mare
stallion

Category:Baby animals
Category:Horses

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