different between foal vs foll

English

Etymology

From Middle English fole, from Old English fola, from Proto-West Germanic *fol?, from Proto-Germanic *fulô, from pre-Germanic *pl?Hon-, from Proto-Indo-European *p?lH- (“animal young”) (cognate with Saterland Frisian Foole, West Frisian fôle, foalle, Dutch veulen, German Low German Fohl, German Fohlen, Swedish fåle; compare also Ancient Greek ????? (pôlos), Latin pullus, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ??? (ul, “kid, fawn”). Related to filly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??l/, /f??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fo?l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

foal (plural foals)

1. A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
2. (mining, historical) A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.

Translations

Verb

foal (third-person singular simple present foals, present participle foaling, simple past and past participle foaled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:

     All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled.

   • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty, Chapter 22^[1]:

     "Well," said John, "I don't believe there is a better pair of horses in the country, and right grieved I am to part with them, but they are not alike; the black one is the most perfect temper I ever knew; I suppose he has never known a hard word or a blow since he was foaled, and all his pleasure seems to be to do what you wish […]

Translations

See also

• colt
• filly
• horseling
• mare
• stallion

Anagrams

• AFOL, Olaf, loaf

English

Adjective

foll

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of following.
   • 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible (page 71)

     Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan fol, from Latin follis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fo?/

Adjective

foll (feminine folla, masculine plural folls, feminine plural folles)

1. mad, crazy

   Synonym: boig

Derived terms

• follia
• follament

Further reading

• “foll” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “foll” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “foll” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “foll” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?nós.

Cognate with Old Saxon ful, Old English full, Dutch vol, Old Norse fullr, Gothic ???????????????????? (fulls).

Adjective

foll

1. full

Related terms

• fullen

Descendants

• Middle High German: vol, voll
  • Alemannic German: vole, voll
  • Bavarian: foi

    Cimbrian: bòll

  • Hunsrik: foll
  • Luxembourgish: voll
  • German: voll
  • Vilamovian: fu??
  • Yiddish: ????? (ful)