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Webster 1913 Edition

Filly

Fil′ly

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Fillies

(#)

.

[Cf. Icel.

fylia

,

fr

.

foli

foal. See

.]

1.

(Zool.)

A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf.

,

.

Neighing in likeness of a

filly

foal.

Shakespeare

2.

A lively, spirited young girl.

[Colloq.]

Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Filly

FIL'LY

,

Noun.

[L. filia, Eng. foal, a shoot, issue.]

1.

A female or mare colt; a young mare.

2.

A young horse. [Not used.]

3.

A wanton girl.

Definition 2025

filly

filly

English

A horse and filly.

Noun

filly ‎(plural fillies)

A young female horse.
(dated) A young attractive female.
Hey, Homer, get a load of the gams on that filly!

Translations

young female horse

Arabic: مُهْرَة f ‎(muhra)
Catalan: poltra (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小雌馬, 小雌马 ‎(xiǎo cí mǎ)
Czech: kobylka (cs) f
Dutch: merrieveulen n
French: pouliche (fr) f
German: Stutenfohlen n, Stutenfüllen n, Stutfohlen n, Stutfüllen n, weibliches Fohlen n, weibliches Füllen n
Greek: φοραδίτσα f ‎(foradítsa)
Ido: kavalyunino (io)
Italian: puledra (it) f
Japanese: 雌の子馬 ‎(mesu no ko-uma)
Malay: kuda betina muda
Maltese: moħra f

Polish: klaczka f
Portuguese: potra (pt) f
Romanian: mânză (ro) f
Russian: кобы́лка (ru) f ‎(kobýlka), кобыли́ца (ru) f ‎(kobylíca), жереби́ца f ‎(žerebíca)
Scottish Gaelic: cliobag f, làireach f, loth f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ждребица f, ждријебица f

Roman: ždrebica (sh) f, ždrijebica f
Slovene: žrebica (sl) f
Spanish: potra f
Swedish: ungsto n, stoföl n
Volapük: jijevodül (vo)

See also