different between foal vs soal

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English sol, sule, from Old English sol (“mud, wet sand, wallowing-place, slough, a mire or miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sul? (“mire, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *s?l- (“thick liquid, muck”). Compare sully. More at soil.

Alternative forms

• sole

Noun

soal (plural soals)

1. (Britain, dialect) A dirty pond.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 2

Noun

soal (plural soals)

1. Obsolete form of sole (the fish)

Anagrams

• ASLO, LAOS, LOAs, Laos, Loas, Salo, also, loas, salo, sola

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (su??l).

Verb

menyoal

1. to ask, to question, to interrogate

   Polis sedang menyoal suspek tentang rompakan itu.

   The police are interrogating the suspect about the robbery.

Synonyms

• tanya

Derived terms

• persoalan
• soalan