Meanings
nounstallion (plural stallions)
plural stallions
- An adult male horse.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- A very virile and sexually-inclined man or (rarely) woman.
'You stallion.' Brian patted Tom on the back, but now with mixed feelings. He was pleased for his brother, but slightly jealous that Tom had lost his virginity before him
2012, Garry Kay, Break Free
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchestalon
- Middle Englishstalion
- Englishstallion
From Middle English stalion, from Middle French estalon (whence modern French étalon), of Germanic origin, akin to stall. Displaced native Old English henġest.
More words from Middle English, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans hings
- hingsuncastrated male horse
Ancient Greek ὀχεῖον, ἐπιβήτωρ
- ὀχεῖον (okheîon)male horse kept primarily as a stud
- ἐπιβήτωρ (epibḗtōr)uncastrated male horse
Arabic جَوَاد
- جَوَاد (jawād)uncastrated male horse
Bulgarian жребе́ц
- жребе́ц (žrebéc)uncastrated male horse
Catalan semental
- sementalmale horse kept primarily as a stud
Chinese Mandarin 種馬 /种马, 公馬 /公马
- 種馬 /种马 (zhǒngmǎ)male horse kept primarily as a stud
- 公馬 /公马 (gōngmǎ)uncastrated male horse
Czech hřebec
- hřebecuncastrated male horse
Danish avlshingst, hingst
- avlshingstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- hingstuncastrated male horse
- hanhestuncastrated male horse
Dutch dekhengst, dekhengst
- dekhengstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- dekhengstvery virile, sexually-inclined man
- hengstuncastrated male horse
Esperanto virĉevalo
- virĉevalouncastrated male horse
Estonian täkk
- täkkuncastrated male horse
Finnish ori
- oriuncastrated male horse
French étalon
- étalonuncastrated male horse
German Deckhengst, Zuchthengst
- Deckhengstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- Zuchthengstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- Schälhengstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- Schellhengstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- Beschälermale horse kept primarily as a stud
- Zuchthengstvery virile, sexually-inclined man
- Hengstuncastrated male horse
- Pferdehengstuncastrated male horse
- Pferdemännchenuncastrated male horse
Greek επιβήτορας, επιβήτορας
- επιβήτορας (epivítoras)very virile, sexually-inclined man
- επιβήτορας (epivítoras)uncastrated male horse
Hindi साँड़
- साँड़ (sā̃ṛ)uncastrated male horse
Hungarian csődör, csődör
- csődörvery virile, sexually-inclined man
- csődöruncastrated male horse
- ménuncastrated male horse
Icelandic stóðhestur, graðhestur
- stóðhesturuncastrated male horse
- graðhesturuncastrated male horse
Irish stail
- stailuncastrated male horse
Italian stallone, stallone
- stallonemale horse kept primarily as a stud
- stallonevery virile, sexually-inclined man
- stalloneuncastrated male horse
Japanese 種馬
- 種馬 (taneuma)uncastrated male horse
Korean 수말
- 수말 (sumal)uncastrated male horse
Latvian ērzelis
- ērzelisuncastrated male horse
Lithuanian eržilas
- eržilasuncastrated male horse
Malay kuda bibit, kuda jantan
- kuda bibitmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- kuda jantanuncastrated male horse
Māori tāriana
- tārianauncastrated male horse
Norwegian Bokmål avlshingst, stohingst
- avlshingstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- stohingstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- grahestvery virile, sexually-inclined man
- hingstuncastrated male horse
- grahestuncastrated male horse
- hestuncastrated male horse
- (ukastrert) hannhestuncastrated male horse
Persian نریان, گشن
- نریان (nariyân)uncastrated male horse
- گشن (gošn)uncastrated male horse
Polish ogier
- ogieruncastrated male horse
Portuguese garanhão, garanhão
- garanhãomale horse kept primarily as a stud
- garanhãovery virile, sexually-inclined man
- garanhãouncastrated male horse
Romanian armăsar
- armăsaruncastrated male horse
Russian саме́ц-производи́тель, жеребе́ц
- саме́ц-производи́тель (saméc-proizvodítelʹ)male horse kept primarily as a stud
- жеребе́ц (žerebéc)male horse kept primarily as a stud
- жеребе́ц (žerebéc)very virile, sexually-inclined man
- жеребе́ц (žerebéc)uncastrated male horse
Slovak tátoš, žrebec
- tátošuncastrated male horse
- žrebecuncastrated male horse
Spanish semental, semental
- sementalmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- sementalvery virile, sexually-inclined man
- cuerovery virile, sexually-inclined man
- mangovery virile, sexually-inclined man
- papasotevery virile, sexually-inclined man
- potrouncastrated male horse
- sementaluncastrated male horse
- cojudouncastrated male horse
- enterouncastrated male horse
- padrillouncastrated male horse
Swedish hingst, avelshingst
- hingstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- avelshingstmale horse kept primarily as a stud
- hingstuncastrated male horse
Turkish aygır
- aygıruncastrated male horse
Ukrainian жеребе́ць, о́гир
- жеребе́ць (žerebécʹ)uncastrated male horse
- о́гир (óhyr)uncastrated male horse
Welsh march
- marchuncastrated male horse
Yiddish אָגער
- אָגער (oger)uncastrated male horse
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stallion
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Cite this entry
APA
stallion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stallion
MLA
“stallion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stallion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stallion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stallion.
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