poney

poney (plural poneys)

1. Archaic form of pony. (the animal)
   • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] 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. […]”

   • 1829, The United Service Magazine, page 684:

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

• nopey, peony

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

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.nɛ/

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poney m (plural poneys)

1. pony

• → Romanian: ponei

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