foal
English
/fəʊl/, /foʊl/
noun
Definitions
- A young horse or related animal, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
- (mining) A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fole (fool, foal) inherited from Old English fola inherited from Proto-Germanic *fulô inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- (animal young), *peh₂w- (few, little, small, smallness, young, offspring).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peh₂w-
Gloss
few, little, small, smallness, young, offspring
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ponygate English
- anypony English
- cowpony English
- everypony English
- foalfoot English
- foalish English
- fool English
- foot English
- orthopedics English
- paucality English
- pauperism English
- pauperize English
- pediatric English
- pediatrician English
- pedophobia English
- pony English
- pony-trekker English
- pony-trekking English
- ponyback English
- ponyboy English
- ponyfoot English
- ponygirl English
- ponykind English
- ponyless English
- ponylike English
- ponyplay English
- ponyskin English
- ponysona English
- poppet English
- puericulture English
- puerilism English
- puerility English
- puerperal English
- puerperium English
- pullulation English
- pusillanimity English
- pusillanimous English
- sportpony English
- *pulletrus Latin
- *pulliter Latin
- paucalis Latin
- paucitas Latin
- paucus Latin
- paucī Latin
- pauper Latin
- pauper, pauperem Latin
- paupertās Latin
- pueritia Latin
- puerperium Latin
- puerīlis Latin
- pulla Latin
- pullamen Latin
- pullarius Latin
- pullastra Latin
- pulleiaceus Latin
- pullicēnus Latin
- pullinus Latin
- pulliter Latin
- pullulātus Latin
- pullus Latin
- pullāmen Latin
- pumilus Latin
- pupa Latin
- puppus Latin
- pupus Latin
- putus Latin
- pūpa Latin
- pūpillus Latin
- pūpus Latin
- Fohlen German
- Pony German
- póni Hungarian
- pollo Italian
- poltrone Italian
- pony Italian
- putti Italian
- ezelsveulen Dutch, Flemish
- pony Dutch, Flemish
- veulen Dutch, Flemish
- veulendragend Dutch, Flemish
- veulengeld Dutch, Flemish
- veulenpaard Dutch, Flemish
- orthopédique French
- пони Russian
- pollo Spanish, Castilian
- poni Spanish, Castilian
- repollo Spanish, Castilian
- αἰολόπωλος Ancient Greek
- παιδαγωγία Ancient Greek
- παιδαγωγός Ancient Greek
- παιδεραστής Ancient Greek
- παιδεραστία Ancient Greek
- παιδοφῐ́λης Ancient Greek
- παύω Ancient Greek
- παῖς Ancient Greek
- πωλικός Ancient Greek
- πῶλος Ancient Greek
- ταχύπωλος Ancient Greek
- φαῦλος Ancient Greek
- Ἐχέπωλος Ancient Greek
- *peh₂u-kos Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂ukos Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *pelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *polH- Proto-Indo-European
- *péh₂uros Proto-Indo-European
- *pōlH- Proto-Indo-European
- ponni Norwegian Bokmål
- *fawaz Proto-Germanic
- *fulô Proto-Germanic
- *fulīną Proto-Germanic
- ポニー Japanese
- ponni Norwegian Nynorsk
- fola Old English
- पोत Sanskrit
- पौत्र Sanskrit
- fole Middle English
- folehardy Middle English
- folen Middle English
- foles Middle English
- folisch Middle English
- folliche Middle English
- folye Middle English
- pónaí Irish
- foli Old Norse
- fyl Old Norse
- fylja Old Norse
- fæð Old Norse
- føl Danish
- empoverir Old French
- fol Old French
- pol Old French
- poulet Old French
- pouleterie Old French
- poll Catalan, Valencian
- repolo Galician
- pui Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -πουλος Greek (modern)
- volen Middle Dutch
- folo Old High German
- fulīn Old High German
- ուլ Old Armenian
- ուլենի Old Armenian
- փոքր Old Armenian
- vole Middle High German
- palo- Albanian
- pelë Albanian
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰 Gothic
- *folō gmw-pro
- vōle Middle Low German
- *putrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- folo Old Saxon
- pulj Aromanian
- puljiu Aromanian
- Füli Alemannic German
- fellus Maltese
- poni Maltese
- *paukos Proto-Italic
- pollu Asturian
- poleç Friulian
- fola Old Frisian
- Foole Saterland Frisian
- Fohl Low German
- *pōl-nā Proto-Albanian
- *put- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- -ποῦλος gkm
- Pöll Central Franconian
- πουλλίον grc-koi
- ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ grc-koi
- *pavo-pars Old Latin
- ponii Fiji Hindi
- *fōl- Proto-Armenian
- foot
- pony
- fool
- poppet
- foalish
- ponyboy
- cowpony
- anypony
- ponyless
- ponyback
- ponylike
- foalfoot
- ponyskin
- ponykind
- Ponygate
- ponygirl
- ponyplay
- ponyfoot
- ponysona
- paucality
- puerilism
- pediatric
- sportpony
- pauperize
- pauperism
- puerperal
- puerility
- everypony
- puerperium
- pedophobia
- orthopedics
- pullulation
- puericulture
- pony-trekker
- pediatrician
- pusillanimity
- pony-trekking
- pusillanimous