Foal - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT foal /foʊl/ /fəʊl/ IPA guide

Other forms: foals; foaled; foaling

A foal is a baby horse. Most horses give birth to only one foal at a time, though occasionally they have two.

You can use the word foal for a horse that's younger than one year old — after turning one, a foal becomes a yearling. Foals can be either male, also called a colt, or female, also called a filly. When a mare, or adult female horse, has a baby, you can say she foals. The Old English root word, fola, means "foal" or "colt."

Definitions of foal

noun a young horse see moresee less types: filly a young female horse under the age of four colt a young male horse under the age of four ridgel, ridgeling, ridgil, ridgling a colt with undescended testicles type of: young mammal any immature mammal
verb give birth to a foal “the mare foaled” see moresee less type of: bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have cause to be born

Pronunciation US /foʊl/ UK /fəʊl/ Cite this entry Style: MLA

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