noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/fəʊl/
Received-Pronunciation:[fɔʊɫ]
/fɒl/doll–dole merger
Australian, New-Zealand:/fɐʉl/
General-American:/foʊl/
General-American:[foɫ]
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rhymes with -əʊl
CMU ARPABET:F OW1 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: business, mining
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a young horse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: young mammal
Narrower terms: filly, colt
5
verb
Meaning 5
give birth to a foal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the mare foaled
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
History
Etymology
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”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foole (“foal”), West Frisian fôle (“foal”), Dutch veulen (“foal”), German Fohlen, Füllen (“foal”), Low German Fohl (“foal”), Vilamovian fyłn (“foal”), Danish føl (“foal”), Faroese fyl (“foal”), Icelandic foli, fyl (“foal”), Norwegian Bokmål fole, føll (“foal”), Norwegian Nynorsk fole, fyl, føl (“foal”), Swedish fåle, föl (“foal”); compare also Latin pullus (“young animal”), Greek πουλάρι (poulári, “foal”), Albanian pelë (“mare”), Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, young of a goat”). Related to filly.
Across languages
Translations
156 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Akan:
pɔnkɔ ba
— young horse
Albanian:
mëz
— young horse
Arabic:
مُهْر
(muhr)
— young horse
Arabic:
فِلْو
(filw)
— young horse
Arabic:
مهر
(muhr)
— young horse
Armenian:
մտրուկ
(mtruk)
— young horse
Armenian:
քուռակ
(kʻuṙak)
— young horse
Aromanian:
mãndzu
— young horse
Asturian:
potru
— young horse
Avar:
тайи
(taji)
— young horse
Azerbaijani:
qulun
— young horse
Bashkir:
ҡолон
(qolon)
— young horse
Bashkir:
ҡолонсаҡ
(qolonsaq)
— young horse
Bashkir:
ҡолоҡай
(qoloqay)
— young horse
Belarusian:
жарабя́
(žarabjá)
— young horse
Belarusian:
жарабё
(žarabjó)
— young horse
Breton:
ebeul
— young horse
Bulgarian:
конче́
(končé)
— young horse
Bulgarian:
жребче́
(žrebčé)
— young horse
Burmese:
မြင်းကလေး
(mrang:ka.le:)
— young horse
Buryat:
унаган
(unagan)
— young horse
Catalan:
pollí
— young horse
Catalan:
poltre
— young horse
Catalan:
f
— young horse
Chechen:
бекъа
(beqʼa)
— young horse
Chinese Mandarin:
駒子 /驹子
(jūzi)
— young horse
Chinese Mandarin:
駒 /驹
(jū)
— young horse
Chinese Mandarin:
䮔
(zuī)
— young horse
Chuvash:
тиха
(tih̬a)
— young horse
Crimean Tatar:
bala
— young horse
Crimean Tatar:
at bala
— young horse
Czech:
hříbě
— young horse
Danish:
føl
— young horse
Dutch:
veulen
— young horse
Dutch:
kachtel
— young horse
Erzya:
парнэ
(parnë)
— young horse
Erzya:
вашо
(vašo)
— young horse
Esperanto:
ĉevalido
— young horse
Estonian:
varss
— young horse
Faroese:
fyl
— young horse
Faroese:
foli
— young horse
Finnish:
varsa
— young horse
French:
poulain
— young horse
French:
pouliche
— young horse
West-Frisian:
fôle
— young horse
Galician:
poldro
— young horse
Georgian:
კვიცი
(ḳvici)
— young horse
German:
Fohlen
— young horse
German:
Füllen
— young horse
German:
Jungpferd
— young horse
German:
Füli
— young horse
Greek:
πουλάρι
(poulári)
— young horse
Ancient Greek:
πῶλος
(pôlos)
— young horse
Hebrew:
סייח
(s’yách)
— young horse
Hungarian:
csikó
— young horse
Icelandic:
folald
— young horse
Indonesian:
anak kuda
— young horse
Ingrian:
varsa
— young horse
Ingush:
бакъ
(baqʼ)
— young horse
Irish:
searrach
— young horse
Italian:
puledro
— young horse
Japanese:
子馬
(kouma)
— young horse
Javanese:
belo
— young horse
Kalmyk:
унһн
(unğn)
— young horse
Kazakh:
құлын
(qūlyn)
— young horse
Kazakh:
құлыншақ
(qūlynşaq)
— young horse
Komi-Zyrian:
чань
(ćań)
— young horse
Korean:
망아지
(mang'aji)
— young horse
Central Kurdish:
جوانوو
(cwanû)
— young horse
Northern Kurdish:
canî
— young horse
Kyrgyz:
кулун
(kulun)
— young horse
Kyrgyz:
тай
(tay)
— young horse
Latin:
equulus
— young horse
Latvian:
kumeļš
— young horse
Lithuanian:
kumeliukas
— young horse
Macedonian:
ждребе
(ždrebe)
— young horse
Malay:
anak kuda
— young horse
Maltese:
felu
— young horse
Māori:
punua hōiho
— young horse
Māori:
hōiho kuao
— young horse
Mongolian:
унага
(unaga)
— young horse
Norman:
poulain
— young horse
Norwegian:
føll
— young horse
Norwegian:
fole
— young horse
Occitan:
polin
— young horse
Old Church Slavonic:
жрѣбьць
(žrěbĭcĭ)
— young horse
Old Church Slavonic:
жрѣбѧ
(žrěbę)
— young horse
Old English:
fola
— young horse
Persian:
کره
(korre)
— young horse
Plautdietsch:
Falm
— young horse
Polish:
źrebak
— young horse
Polish:
źrebię
— young horse
Portuguese:
potro
— young horse
Romani:
khuro
— young horse
Romanian:
mânz
— young horse
Romanian:
mânză
— young horse
Russian:
жеребёнок
(žerebjónok)
— young horse
Scottish Gaelic:
searrach
— young horse
Serbo-Croatian:
ждребе
— young horse
Serbo-Croatian:
ждријебе
— young horse
Serbo-Croatian:
ždrebe
— young horse
Serbo-Croatian:
ždrijebe
— young horse
Shor:
қулун
— young horse
Sicilian:
putru
— young horse
Slovak:
žriebä
— young horse
Slovene:
žrebe
— young horse
Slovene:
žrebiček
— young horse
Lower Sorbian:
žrěbje
— young horse
Upper Sorbian:
žrěbjo
— young horse
Spanish:
potranco
— young horse
Spanish:
potro
— young horse
Spanish:
potra
— young horse
Spanish:
potrillo
— young horse
Swahili:
mwanafarasi
— young horse
Swedish:
föl
— young horse
Tagalog:
bisiro
— young horse
Tatar:
колын
(qolın)
— young horse
Turkish:
tay
— young horse
Turkish:
kulun
— young horse
Ottoman Turkish:
قولون
(kulun)
— young horse
Turkmen:
taý
— young horse
Udmurt:
чуньы
(ćuńy)
— young horse
Ukrainian:
лоша́
(lošá)
— young horse
Ukrainian:
жеребе́ць
(žerebécʹ)
— young horse
Uzbek:
toy
— young horse
Vietnamese:
ngựa con
— young horse
Vietnamese:
lừa con
— young horse
Volapük:
jevodül
— young horse
Welsh:
ebol
— young horse
Yakut:
кулун
(kulun)
— young horse
Albanian:
pjell
— give birth (equestrian)
Bulgarian:
ожребвам се
(ožrebvam se)
— give birth (equestrian)
Catalan:
pollinar
— give birth (equestrian)
Czech:
ohřebit se
— give birth (equestrian)
Czech:
vrhnout hříbě
— give birth (equestrian)
Danish:
fole
— give birth (equestrian)
Faroese:
fola
— give birth (equestrian)
Finnish:
varsoa
— give birth (equestrian)
French:
pouliner
— give birth (equestrian)
German:
fohlen
— give birth (equestrian)
Icelandic:
kasta
— give birth (equestrian)
Kalmyk:
унһлх
(unğlx)
— give birth (equestrian)
Macedonian:
се ождребува
(se oždrebuva)
— give birth (equestrian)
Māori:
whānau punua hōiho
— give birth (equestrian)
Polish:
oźrebić się
— give birth (equestrian)
Portuguese:
parir
— give birth (equestrian)
Romanian:
făta
— give birth (equestrian)
Russian:
жереби́ться
(žerebítʹsja)
— give birth (equestrian)
Russian:
ожереби́ться
(ožerebítʹsja)
— give birth (equestrian)
Sicilian:
figghiari
— give birth (equestrian)
Sicilian:
sgravari
— give birth (equestrian)
Slovene:
ožrebiti se
— give birth (equestrian)
Swedish:
föla
— give birth (equestrian)
Turkish:
kulunlamak
— give birth (equestrian)
Turkish:
taylamak
— give birth (equestrian)
Ottoman Turkish:
قولونلامق
(kulunlamak)
— give birth (equestrian)