colt

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English colt, from Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Faroese koltur (“colt, foal”) Norwegian kult (“treestump”), Swedish kult (“young boar, piglet, boy, lad”) / Swedish kulting (“piglet”). Related to child. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊlt/, [kɔʊlt], (doll–dole merger) /kɒlt/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /kəwlt/, [kɔwlt], (doll–dole merger) /kɔlt/ (US) IPA(key): /koʊlt/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /kolt/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /koult/ Rhymes: -əʊlt Homophone: cult (gulf-golf merger, doll–dole merger) === Noun === colt (plural colts) A young male horse. Coordinate term: filly A young crane (bird). (figuratively) A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice. (cricket, slang) A professional cricketer during his first season. (slang, obsolete) A person who sits as a juryman for the first time. (nautical, historical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment. (obsolete, slang) A weapon formed by slinging a small shot to the end of a somewhat stiff piece of rope. (biblical) A young camel or donkey. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== (weapon): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Verb === colt (third-person singular simple present colts, present participle colting, simple past and past participle colted) (obsolete, transitive) To horse; to get with young. (obsolete, transitive) To befool. (intransitive) To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly. (obsolete, slang, transitive) To haze (a new recruit), as by charging a new juryman a "fine" to be spent on alcoholic drink, or by striking the sole of his foot with a board, etc. ==== Synonyms ==== (to act licentiously or wantonly): See Thesaurus:harlotize === See also === stallion, mare, foal, filly, horseling === References === “colt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. (to haze): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Further reading === colt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === TLOC, clot == French == === Noun === colt m (plural colts) Colt (gun) === Further reading === “colt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === colte, collt, kowlt === Etymology === From Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔlt/, /kɔu̯lt/ === Noun === colt (plural coltes) A juvenile equid or camel; a colt. (derogatory, rare) A human child. ==== Descendants ==== English: colt Scots: colt, cout, cowt Yola: caule, caul, cawl, cawle, kawle ==== References ==== “colt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 August 2018. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). === Noun === colt m colt (a juvenile horse) ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: colt, colte, collt, kowltEnglish: coltScots: colt, cout, cowtYola: caule, caul, cawl, cawle, kawle == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Colt, named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862). First attested in late 19th c. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkolt/ [ˈkol̪t̪] Rhymes: -olt Syllabification: colt === Noun === colt m (plural colts) (firearms) Colt (a revolver) [from late 19th c.] === Further reading === “colt”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “colt”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN