foal

== English == === Alternative forms === foale, fole (obsolete) === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊl/, [fɔʊɫ] (doll–dole merger) IPA(key): /fɒl/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /fɐʉl/ (General American) IPA(key): /foʊl/, [foɫ] Rhymes: -əʊl === Noun === foal (plural foals) A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old. (mining, historical) A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === foal (third-person singular simple present foals, present participle foaling, simple past and past participle foaled) (ambitransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. ==== Translations ==== === See also === colt filly horseling mare stallion === Anagrams === AFOL, Olaf, loaf