English
Etymology
From Middle English stalion, from Middle French estalon (whence modern French étalon), of Germanic origin, akin to stall. Displaced native Old English henġest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstæli.ən/, /ˈstæljən/
- Rhymes: -æliən, -æljən
- Hyphenation: stal‧lion
Noun
stallion (plural stallions)
- An adult male horse.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- A male horse kept primarily as a stud.
- A very virile and sexually-inclined man or (rarely) woman.
2012, Garry Kay, Break Free:'You stallion.'
Brian patted Tom on the back, but now with mixed feelings. He was pleased for his brother, but slightly jealous that Tom had lost his virginity before him
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Translations
uncastrated male horse
- Afrikaans: hings (af)
- Albanian: hamshor (sq) m
- Arabic: جَوَاد m (jawād)
- Armenian: հովատակ (hy) (hovatak)
- Avar: айгъир (ajğir)
- Azerbaijani: ayğır
- Belarusian: жарабе́ц m (žarabjéc)
- Bulgarian: жребе́ц (bg) m (žrebéc)
- Chechen: айгӏар (ajğar)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 公馬 / 公马 (zh) (gōngmǎ)
- Czech: hřebec (cs) m
- Danish: hingst (da) c, hanhest c
- Dargwa: айгъир (ajɣir)
- Dutch: hengst (nl) m
- Egyptian: (jbꜣr)
- Erzya: айгор (ajgor)
- Esperanto: virĉevalo
- Estonian: täkk
- Faroese: hestur (fo) m
- Finnish: ori (fi)
- French: étalon (fr) m
- Galician: burraxo m, guarán m, grañón m
- Georgian: ულაყი (ulaq̇i)
- German: Hengst (de) m, Pferdehengst, Pferdemännchen n
- Greek: επιβήτορας (el) m (epivítoras)
- Ancient: ἐπιβήτωρ m (epibḗtōr)
- Hausa: ingarma
- Hindi: साँड़ (hi) m (sā̃ṛ)
- Hungarian: csődör (hu), mén (hu)
- Icelandic: stóðhestur m, graðhestur (is) m
- Ido: kavalulo (io)
- Irish: stail f
- Italian: stallone (it) m
- Japanese: 種馬 (ja) (taneuma)
- Kaitag: айгъу́р (ajɣúr)
- Karakhanid: اَذْغِرْ (aδɣïr)
- Kashubian: inst m, òdżer m
- Korean: 수말 (ko) (sumal)
- Lak: айгъур (ayğur)
- Lao: ມ້າຜູ້ (mā phū)
- Latgalian: ogers
- Latvian: ērzelis m
- Lezgi: айгъур (ajġur)
- Lithuanian: eržilas (lt) m
- Low German:
- German Low German: Hingst (nds) m, Hengst (nds) m
- Luxembourgish: Hengscht (lb) m
- Macedonian: ждребец m (ždrebec)
- Malay: kuda jantan
- Maori: tāriana
- Mongolian: азрага (azraga)
- Navajo: łį́į́chogii
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hingst (no) m, grahest m, hest (no) m, (ukastrert) hannhest m
- Nynorsk: hingst m, grahest m, hest m, (ukastrert) hannhest m
- Old Czech: hynšt m
- Old English: henġest m
- Old Norse: reini m, hestr m
- Old Turkic: 𐰑𐰍𐰺 (adɣïr)
- Ottoman Turkish: آیغر (aygır)
- Persian: نریان (fa) (nariyân), گشن (fa) (gošn)
- Plautdietsch: Hinjst (nds) m
- Polish: ogier (pl) m
- Old Polish: stadnik m, świerzepic m
- Portuguese: garanhão (pt) m
- Romani:
- Vlax Romani: harmasari
- Romanian: armăsar (ro) m
- Russian: жеребе́ц (ru) m (žerebéc)
- Scots: couser
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ждребац m, ждрије́бац m, па̏стӯх m, пастув m
- Roman: ždrebac (sh) m, ždrijébac (sh) m, pȁstūh (sh) m, pastuv (sh) m
- Silesian: hynkszt m
- Slovak: tátoš m, žrebec (sk) m
- Slovene: žrebec (sl) m
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: hengist m
- Spanish: potro (es) m, semental (es) m, cojudo (es) m, entero (es) m, padrillo (es) m
- Swedish: hingst (sv) c
- Turkish: aygır (tr) m
- Ukrainian: жеребе́ць (uk) m (žerebécʹ), о́гир (uk) m (óhyr) (rare)
- Unami: welxus
- Uyghur: ئايغىر (ayghir)
- Volapük: hijevod (vo), omjeval (obsolete), lejeval (obsolete)
- Walloon: roncén (wa) m
- Welsh: march (cy) m
- Wiradjuri: yindaay
- Wolof: sàll wi
- Yakut: атыыр (atıır)
- Yiddish: אָגער m (oger)
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male horse kept primarily as a stud
- Catalan: semental m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 種馬 / 种马 (zh) (zhǒngmǎ)
- Danish: avlshingst c
- Dutch: dekhengst (nl) m
- Galician: guarán m, burraxo m, mulateiro m, grañón m
- German: Deckhengst m, Zuchthengst (de) m, Schälhengst m, Schellhengst m, Beschäler (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: ὀχεῖον n (okheîon)
- Italian: stallone (it) m
- Macedonian: пастув m (pastuv)
- Malay: kuda bibit
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: avlshingst m, stohingst m
- Nynorsk: avlshingst m, alshingst m, alehingst m, stohingst m
- Portuguese: garanhão (pt) m
- Russian: саме́ц-производи́тель (ru) m (saméc-proizvodítelʹ), жеребе́ц (ru) m (žerebéc)
- Spanish: semental (es) m
- Swedish: hingst (sv) c, avelshingst c
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very virile, sexually-inclined man
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