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foal
(foʊl)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense foals, present participle foaling, past tense, past participle foaled
1. countable noun
A foal is a very young horse.
2. verb
When a female horse foals, it gives birth.
The mare is due to foal today. [VERB]
foal in British English
(fəʊl)
noun
1.
the young of a horse or related animal
verb
2.
to give birth to (a foal)
Word origin
Old English fola; related to Old Frisian fola, Old High German folo foal, Latin pullus young creature, Greek pōlos foalfoal in American English
(foʊl)
noun
1.
a young horse, mule, donkey, etc.; colt or filly
verb transitive, verb intransitive
2.
to give birth to (a foal)
Word origin
ME fole < OE fola, akin to ON foli, OHG folo (Ger fohlen) < IE base *pōu-, little, small > few, filly, L paucus, littleImage offoal
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British English: foal /fəʊl/ NOUN
A foal is a very young horse.
- American English: foal
- Arabic: مُهْر
- Brazilian Portuguese: potro
- Chinese: 驹
- Croatian: ždrijebe
- Czech: hříbě
- Danish: føl
- Dutch: veulen
- European Spanish: potro
- Finnish: varsa
- French: poulain
- German: Fohlen
- Greek: πουλάρι
- Italian: puledro
- Japanese: 馬の子
- Korean: 망아지
- Norwegian: føll
- Polish: źrebię
- European Portuguese: potro
- Romanian: mânz
- Russian: жеребенок
- Latin American Spanish: potro
- Swedish: föl
- Thai: ลูกม้า
- Turkish: tay
- Ukrainian: лоша
- Vietnamese: ngựa con
British English: foal VERB
When a female horse foals, it gives birth.
The mare is due to foal today.
- American English: foal
- Brazilian Portuguese: parir
- Chinese: 产驹
- European Spanish: parir
- French: mettre bas
- German: fohlen
- Italian: partorirecavalla
- Japanese: 子馬を生む
- Korean: > 새끼를 낳다말이
- European Portuguese: parir
- Latin American Spanish: parir
Chinese translation of 'foal'
foal
(fəul)
n (c)
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驹(駒)子
(jūzi) (头, tóu)