Kilo Lingo

/hɔːs/

Line drawing of horse
Coloured illustration of horse
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Translation

A big, strong animal with four legs that people ride or that pulls things.

Word origin

From Old English hors, the name for the riding animal, used across the old Germanic languages.

Origin
Old English
Root
hors

Grammar

Gender
Pluralhorses

Examples

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"Horse" is a big animal with four legs.

cart.

"Horses" is the plural, meaning more than one.

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People sit on a "horse" to travel or for fun.

A horse is a big, strong animal with four legs and a long tail. People ride horses, and horses can pull carts and other heavy things. One animal is a horse, and more than one are horses.

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This word is part of lesson 13.