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stallion

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈstæljən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æljən
  • CMU ARPABET: S T AE1 L Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An adult male horse.

Specifically, one that is uncastrated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An adult male horse.

A male horse kept primarily as a stud.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A very virile and sexually-inclined man or (rarely) woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

uncastrated adult male horse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: entire

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: male horse

Narrower terms: stud, studhorse

History

Etymology

From Middle English stalion, from Middle French estalon (whence modern French étalon), of Germanic origin, akin to stall. Displaced native Old English henġest.

Across languages

Translations

168 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hings — uncastrated male horse
  • Albanian: hamshor — uncastrated male horse
  • Arabic: جَوَاد (jawād) — uncastrated male horse
  • Armenian: հովատակ (hovatak) — uncastrated male horse
  • Avar: айгъир (ajğir) — uncastrated male horse
  • Azerbaijani: ayğır — uncastrated male horse
  • Belarusian: жарабе́ц (žarabjéc) — uncastrated male horse
  • Bulgarian: жребе́ц (žrebéc) — uncastrated male horse
  • Chechen: айгӏар (ajğar) — uncastrated male horse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公馬 /公马 (gōngmǎ) — uncastrated male horse
  • Czech: hřebec — uncastrated male horse
  • Old Czech: hynšt — uncastrated male horse
  • Danish: hingst — uncastrated male horse
  • Danish: hanhest — uncastrated male horse
  • Dargwa: айгъир (ajɣir) — uncastrated male horse
  • Dutch: hengst — uncastrated male horse
  • Egyptian: i-H_SPACE:R7-bA-r:Z1-E6 (jbꜣr) — uncastrated male horse
  • Erzya: айгор (ajgor) — uncastrated male horse
  • Esperanto: virĉevalo — uncastrated male horse
  • Estonian: täkk — uncastrated male horse
  • Faroese: hestur — uncastrated male horse
  • Finnish: ori — uncastrated male horse
  • French: étalon — uncastrated male horse
  • Galician: burraxo — uncastrated male horse
  • Galician: guarán — uncastrated male horse
  • Galician: grañón — uncastrated male horse
  • Georgian: ულაყი (ulaq̇i) — uncastrated male horse
  • German: Hengst — uncastrated male horse
  • German: Pferdehengst — uncastrated male horse
  • German: Pferdemännchen — uncastrated male horse
  • Greek: επιβήτορας (epivítoras) — uncastrated male horse
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπιβήτωρ (epibḗtōr) — uncastrated male horse
  • Hausa: ingarma — uncastrated male horse
  • Hindi: साँड़ (sā̃ṛ) — uncastrated male horse
  • Hungarian: csődör — uncastrated male horse
  • Hungarian: mén — uncastrated male horse
  • Icelandic: stóðhestur — uncastrated male horse
  • Icelandic: graðhestur — uncastrated male horse
  • Ido: kavalulo — uncastrated male horse
  • Irish: stail — uncastrated male horse
  • Italian: stallone — uncastrated male horse
  • Japanese: 種馬 (taneuma) — uncastrated male horse
  • Kaitag: айгъу́р (ajɣúr) — uncastrated male horse
  • Karakhanid: اَذْغِرْ (aδɣïr) — uncastrated male horse
  • Kashubian: inst — uncastrated male horse
  • Kashubian: òdżer — uncastrated male horse
  • Korean: 수말 (sumal) — uncastrated male horse
  • Lak: айгъур (ayğur) — uncastrated male horse
  • Lao: ມ້າຜູ້ (mā phū) — uncastrated male horse
  • Latgalian: ogers — uncastrated male horse
  • Latvian: ērzelis — uncastrated male horse
  • Lezgi: айгъур (ajġur) — uncastrated male horse
  • Lithuanian: eržilas — uncastrated male horse
  • Low German: Hingst — uncastrated male horse
  • Low German: Hengst — uncastrated male horse
  • Luxembourgish: Hengscht — uncastrated male horse
  • Macedonian: ждребец (ždrebec) — uncastrated male horse
  • Malay: kuda jantan — uncastrated male horse
  • Māori: tāriana — uncastrated male horse
  • Mongolian: азрага (azraga) — uncastrated male horse
  • Navajo: łį́į́chogii — uncastrated male horse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hingst — uncastrated male horse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grahest — uncastrated male horse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hest — uncastrated male horse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: (ukastrert) hannhest — uncastrated male horse
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hingst — uncastrated male horse
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grahest — uncastrated male horse
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hest — uncastrated male horse
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: (ukastrert) hannhest — uncastrated male horse
  • Old English: henġest — uncastrated male horse
  • Old Norse: reini — uncastrated male horse
  • Old Norse: hestr — uncastrated male horse
  • Old Turkic: 𐰑𐰍𐰺 (adɣïr) — uncastrated male horse
  • Persian: نریان (nariyân) — uncastrated male horse
  • Persian: گشن (gošn) — uncastrated male horse
  • Plautdietsch: Hinjst (nds) — uncastrated male horse
  • Polish: ogier — uncastrated male horse
  • Old Polish: stadnik — uncastrated male horse
  • Old Polish: świerzepic — uncastrated male horse
  • Portuguese: garanhão — uncastrated male horse
  • Vlax-Romani: harmasari — uncastrated male horse
  • Romanian: armăsar — uncastrated male horse
  • Russian: жеребе́ц (žerebéc) — uncastrated male horse
  • Scots: couser — uncastrated male horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: ждребац — uncastrated male horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: ждрије́бац — uncastrated male horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏стӯх — uncastrated male horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: пастув — uncastrated male horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: ždrebac — uncastrated male horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: ždrijébac — uncastrated male horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁstūh — uncastrated male horse
  • Serbo-Croatian: pastuv — uncastrated male horse
  • Silesian: hynkszt — uncastrated male horse
  • Slovak: tátoš — uncastrated male horse
  • Slovak: žrebec — uncastrated male horse
  • Slovene: žrebec — uncastrated male horse
  • Lower Sorbian: hengist — uncastrated male horse
  • Spanish: potro — uncastrated male horse
  • Spanish: semental — uncastrated male horse
  • Spanish: cojudo — uncastrated male horse
  • Spanish: entero — uncastrated male horse
  • Spanish: padrillo — uncastrated male horse
  • Swedish: hingst — uncastrated male horse
  • Turkish: aygır — uncastrated male horse
  • Ottoman Turkish: آیغر (aygır) — uncastrated male horse
  • Ukrainian: жеребе́ць (žerebécʹ) — uncastrated male horse
  • Ukrainian: о́гир (óhyr) — uncastrated male horse
  • Unami: welxus — uncastrated male horse
  • Uyghur: ئايغىر (ayghir) — uncastrated male horse
  • Volapük: hijevod — uncastrated male horse
  • Volapük: omjeval — uncastrated male horse
  • Volapük: lejeval — uncastrated male horse
  • Walloon: roncén — uncastrated male horse
  • Welsh: march — uncastrated male horse
  • Wiradjuri: yindaay — uncastrated male horse
  • Wolof: sàll wi — uncastrated male horse
  • Yakut: атыыр (atïïr) — uncastrated male horse
  • Yiddish: אָגער (oger) — uncastrated male horse
  • Catalan: semental — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Chinese Mandarin: 種馬 /种马 (zhǒngmǎ) — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Danish: avlshingst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Dutch: dekhengst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Galician: guarán — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Galician: burraxo — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Galician: mulateiro — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Galician: grañón — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • German: Deckhengst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • German: Zuchthengst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • German: Schälhengst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • German: Schellhengst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • German: Beschäler — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Ancient Greek: ὀχεῖον (okheîon) — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Italian: stallone — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Macedonian: пастув (pastuv) — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Malay: kuda bibit — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avlshingst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stohingst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avlshingst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: alshingst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: alehingst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stohingst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Portuguese: garanhão — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Russian: саме́ц-производи́тель (saméc-proizvodítelʹ) — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Russian: жеребе́ц (žerebéc) — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Spanish: semental — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Swedish: hingst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Swedish: avelshingst — male horse kept primarily as a stud
  • Azerbaijani: ayğır — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Dutch: dekhengst — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Galician: garala — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Galician: piardeiro — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Galician: galistreiro — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Galician: feltrón — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Galician: cachán — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • German: Zuchthengst — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Greek: επιβήτορας (epivítoras) — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Hungarian: csődör — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Italian: stallone — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Macedonian: пастув (pastuv) — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grahest — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grahest — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Portuguese: garanhão — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Russian: жеребе́ц (žerebéc) — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Spanish: semental — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Spanish: cuero — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Spanish: mango — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Spanish: papasote — very virile, sexually-inclined man
  • Walloon: roncén — very virile, sexually-inclined man
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