poney

English

Etymology 1

Noun

poney (plural poneys or ponies)

1. Archaic form of pony (“small horse”).
   • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 52:

     “[…] You will have the same walks to frequent, the same library to chuse from, the same people to look at, the same horse to ride.” “Very true. Yes, dear old grey poney. […]”

   • 1826, J. Whittemore, “Bankers.-⁠-⁠-List of Brighton Fares of Hackney Coaches, Flys, Pleasure Boats, and Bathing Machines.-⁠-⁠-[…]”, in Whittemore’s Royal Brighton Guide. Brighton and Its Environs; An Historical and Topographical Guide to the Visitor in Brighton, for 1826. […], Brighton: […] [T]he Author, at the Religious Book and Tract Depository, […], page 129:

     […] drawn by one or more poney or ponies, mule or mules, to carry 2.

   • 1829, The United Service Magazine, page 684:

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

Etymology 2

Noun

poney (plural poneys)

1. (card games) Alternative form of pone.
   • 1867, H. G. Bohn, The Hand-book of Games, page 318:

     The poney or youngest hand should collect the cards that have been played, and shuffle them together […]

Anagrams

• nopey, peony

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English poney (now 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

Derived terms

• ponette

Descendants

• → Portuguese: pónei
• → Romanian: ponei

Further reading

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