poney

English

Noun

poney (plural poneys)

1. Archaic form of pony. (the animal)
   • 1829, The United Service Magazine (page 684)

     Poneys were this day provided for our use, with comfortable cloth saddles stuffed with wool […]

Anagrams

• nopey, peony

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French

Etymology

From English pony, apparently from Middle French poulenet (“little foal”), ultimately from Late Latin pullānus (“young of an animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.nɛ/

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Noun

poney m (plural poneys)

1. pony

Descendants

• → Romanian: ponei

Further reading

• “poney”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.