different between yearling vs veal

English

Etymology

From Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year +? -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”).

Noun

yearling (plural yearlings)

1. An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).

   a yearling lamb

2. A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
3. (US) A sophomore at West Point military academy.
   • 1910, H. Irving Hancock, Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point (page 84)

     "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?"
     "If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."

Translations

Anagrams

• grayline, layering, re-laying, relaying

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jœ?.li?/, /ji?.li?/

Noun

yearling m (plural yearlings)

1. yearling

English

Alternative forms

• veale, veel (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

veal (countable and uncountable, plural veals)

1. The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
2. (slang, vulgar) female genitalia.

Synonyms

• calfflesh (nonstandard)

Translations

Anagrams

• Leva, Vale, Vela, avel, eval, lave, leva, vale, vela

Estonian

Noun

veal

1. adessive singular of viga