foal – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of foal

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to foal
Participle: foaled
Gerund: foaling

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of foal

Indicative

Present

Ifoal
youfoal
he;she;itfoals
wefoal
youfoal
theyfoal

Perfect

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

Past

Ifoaled
youfoaled
he;she;itfoaled
wefoaled
youfoaled
theyfoaled

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ifoal
youfoal
he;she;itfoal
wefoal
youfoal
theyfoal

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ifoaled
youfoaled
he;she;itfoaled
wefoaled
youfoaled
theyfoaled

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youfoal
weLet's foal
youfoal

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'foal'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, 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:]