foal – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of foal

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to foal
Participle: foalled
Gerund: foalling

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of foal

Indicative

Present

Ifoal
youfoal
he;she;itfoals
wefoal
youfoal
theyfoal

Perfect

Ihave foalled
youhave foalled
he;she;ithas foalled
wehave foalled
youhave foalled
theyhave foalled

Past

Ifoalled
youfoalled
he;she;itfoalled
wefoalled
youfoalled
theyfoalled

Pluperfect

Ihad foalled
youhad foalled
he;she;ithad foalled
wehad foalled
youhad foalled
theyhad foalled

Future

Iwill foal
youwill foal
he;she;itwill foal
wewill foal
youwill foal
theywill foal

Future Perfect

Iwill have foalled
youwill have foalled
he;she;itwill have foalled
wewill have foalled
youwill have foalled
theywill have foalled

Subjunctive

Present

Ifoal
youfoal
he;she;itfoal
wefoal
youfoal
theyfoal

Perfect

Ihave foalled
youhave foalled
he;she;ithave foalled
wehave foalled
youhave foalled
theyhave foalled

Imperfect

Ifoalled
youfoalled
he;she;itfoalled
wefoalled
youfoalled
theyfoalled

Pluperfect

Ihad foalled
youhad foalled
he;she;ithad foalled
wehad foalled
youhad foalled
theyhad foalled

Conditional

Present

Iwould foal
youwould foal
he;she;itwould foal
wewould foal
youwould foal
theywould foal

Perfect

Iwould have foalled
youwould have foalled
he;she;itwould have foalled
wewould have foalled
youwould have foalled
theywould have foalled

Imperative

youfoal
weLet's foal
youfoal

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam foalling
youare foalling
he;she;itis foalling
weare foalling
youare foalling
theyare foalling

Perfect

Ihave been foalling
youhave been foalling
he;she;ithas been foalling
wehave been foalling
youhave been foalling
theyhave been foalling

Past

Iwas foalling
youwere foalling
he;she;itwas foalling
wewere foalling
youwere foalling
theywere foalling

Pluperfect

Ihad been foalling
youhad been foalling
he;she;ithad been foalling
wehad been foalling
youhad been foalling
theyhad been foalling

Future

Iwill be foalling
youwill be foalling
he;she;itwill be foalling
wewill be foalling
youwill be foalling
theywill be foalling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been foalling
youwill have been foalling
he;she;itwill have been foalling
wewill have been foalling
youwill have been foalling
theywill have been foalling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be foalling
youwould be foalling
he;she;itwould be foalling
wewould be foalling
youwould be foalling
theywould be foalling

Perfect

Iwould have been foalling
youwould have been foalling
he;she;itwould have been foalling
wewould have been foalling
youwould have been foalling
theywould have been foalling

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'foal'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'foal'

coal, feal, foam, foil, fool, foul, fowl, goal, beal, boak,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English ffoole, foale, fole, fool, foole, fowle, from Old English fola, from Proto-West Germanic *folō, from Proto-Germanic *fulô (“foal”), from pre-Germanic *pl̥Hon-, from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- (“animal young”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foole (“foal”), West Frisian fôle (“foal”), Dutch veulen (“foal”), German Fohlen, Füllen (“foal”), Low German Fohl (“foal”), Vilamovian fyłn (“foal”), Danish føl (“foal”), Faroese fyl (“foal”), Icelandic foli, fyl (“foal”), Norwegian Bokmål fole, føll (“foal”), Norwegian Nynorsk fole, fyl, føl (“foal”), Swedish fåle, föl (“foal”); compare also Latin pullus (“young animal”), Greek πουλάρι (poulári, “foal”), Albanian pelë (“mare”), Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, young of a goat”). Related to filly. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Foole', Dutch 'veulen', German, old spelling 'Fohlen', Wymysorys 'fyłn', Norwegian 'fole', Norwegian, nynorsk 'fole', Swedish 'fåle', Armenian 'ուլ'.

Verbs referencing "foal"

Danish fole.

Sample Sentences

  • All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled. [1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:]
  • "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; […] [[1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 102:]