Definitions and meaning of colt
colt
English
Etymology
From Middle English colt, from Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Faroese koltur (“colt, foal”) Norwegian kult (“treestump”), Swedish kult (“young boar, boy, lad”). Related to child.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊlt/, [kɔʊlt], (also) /kɒlt/
- (US) IPA(key): /koʊlt/
- Rhymes: -əʊlt
Noun
colt (plural colts)
- A young male horse.
- Coordinate term: filly
- A young crane (bird).
- (figuratively) A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
- (cricket, slang) A professional cricketer during his first season.
- (slang, obsolete) A person who sits as a juryman for the first time.
- (nautical, historical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
- (obsolete, slang) A weapon formed by slinging a small shot to the end of a somewhat stiff piece of rope.
- (biblical) A young camel or donkey.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- (weapon): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Verb
colt (third-person singular simple present colts, present participle colting, simple past and past participle colted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To horse; to get with young.
- (obsolete, transitive) To befool.
- (intransitive) To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
- (obsolete, slang, transitive) To haze (a new recruit), as by charging a new juryman a "fine" to be spent on alcoholic drink, or by striking the sole of his foot with a board, etc.
Synonyms
- (to act licentiously or wantonly): See Thesaurus:harlotize
See also
- stallion, mare, foal, filly, horseling
References
- “colt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- (to haze): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Further reading
- colt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
French
Noun
colt m (plural colts)
- Colt (gun)
Further reading
- “colt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔlt/, /kɔu̯lt/
Noun
colt (plural coltes)
- A juvenile equid or camel; a colt.
- (derogatory, rare) A human child.
Descendants
- English: colt
- Scots: colt, cout, cowt
- Yola: caule, caul, cawl, kawle
References
- “colt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”).
Noun
colt m
- colt (a juvenile horse)
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants
- Middle English: colt, colte, collt, kowlt
- English: colt
- Scots: colt, cout, cowt
- Yola: caule, caul, cawl, kawle
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Colt, named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862). First attested in late 19th c.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkolt/ [ˈkol̪t̪]
- Rhymes: -olt
- Syllabification: colt
Noun
colt m (plural colts)
- (firearms) Colt (a revolver) [from late 19th c.]
Further reading
- “colt”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “colt”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN
Source: wiktionary.org