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pony

/ˈpəʊˌni/POH-nee
/ˈpoʊˌni/POH-nee

Meaninga foal

Common meaning: small horse

Journey through time

  1. Latinpullus‘a foal’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftsa foal → a coltpullus‘a colt’source
  3. Old Frenchpoulenet‘a little colt’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa little colt → small horsepony‘small horse’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pullus ‘a foal’.

Roots

  • pullus Latin “a young animal, chick”

Related words

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