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fledgling en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree English fledge Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English fledgling From fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Untried or inexperienced.
    • His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale. 2011, Jay A. Gertzman, Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940:
  2. (not-comparable) Emergent or rising.
    • Harry Boland was born in Dublin in 1884 and educated with his younger brother Gerry in Clontarf. His father James, who greatly influenced him was politically active in the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the fledgling GAA. Harry Boland fought at the GPO in April 1916 and was interned in Dartmoor and Lewes jail. 1997 August 5, “Film failed to do justice to drama surrounding death of Harry Boland”, in The Irish Times:
    • Less than 24 hours later, Aker’s fledgling green energy and technology unit, Aker Horizons, revealed it had landed a bigger catch, with its planned purchase of Roscommon native Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power for up to €1 billion. 2021 January 22, Joe Brennan, “Has Eddie O’Connor underestimated the value of his €1bn baby?”, in The Irish Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fledgeling alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

unfledged · virginal · emerging · nascent

Translations (55)

fr émergent (emergent or rising) · nl onervaren (inexperienced) · km ដោយគ្មានបទពិសោធន៏ (inexperienced) · fi orastava (inexperienced) · fi kokematon (inexperienced) · cmn 新興的 /新兴的 (emergent or rising) · de hervortretend (emergent or rising) · de unerfahren (inexperienced) · fr émergente (emergent or rising) · fr inexpérimenté (inexperienced) · ru зелёный (inexperienced) · de sich entwickelnd (emergent or rising) · es principiante (inexperienced) · de frischgebacken (emergent or rising) · fr naissant (emergent or rising) · cs nezkušený (inexperienced) · de aufkeimend (emergent or rising) · pt inexperiente (inexperienced) · es inexperto (inexperienced) · it inesperto (inexperienced) · it alle prime armi (inexperienced) · eo freŝbakita (emergent or rising) · cmn 未經嘗試的 /未经尝试的 (inexperienced) · ru неискушённый (inexperienced) · de jung (emergent or rising) · el πρωτόπειρος (inexperienced) · kmr naşî (inexperienced) · fr naissante (emergent or rising) · pt novato (inexperienced) · el αρχάριος (inexperienced) · eo sensperta (inexperienced) · sv flygfärdig (inexperienced) · ru желторотый (inexperienced) · de in den Kinderschuhen (emergent or rising) · pl początkujący (emergent or rising) · sv oerfaren (inexperienced) · nl rijzend (emergent or rising) · nl opkomend (emergent or rising) · de ungeprüft (inexperienced) · ru нео́пытный (inexperienced) · de Nachwuchs- (emergent or rising) · cmn 上升的 (emergent or rising) · es novicio (inexperienced) · es novel (inexperienced) · cmn 缺乏經驗的 /缺乏经验的 (inexperienced) · fi aloitteleva (inexperienced) · de aloitteleva aufkommend (fi) (emergent or rising) · de unerprobt (inexperienced) · pl niedoświadczony (inexperienced) · el άπειρος (inexperienced) · eo nesperta (inexperienced) · es bisoño (inexperienced) · de Jung- (emergent or rising) · kmr bêtecrûbe (inexperienced) · pl świeżo upieczony (emergent or rising)

fledgling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree English fledge Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English fledgling From fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.

Meanings

  1. A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
  2. An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
  3. (figuratively) An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fledgeling alternative lexicographic
fledglings Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

nestling · hatchling

Translations (83)

pl żółtodziób (inexperienced person) · de flügges Kücken (young bird) · mi turuki (young bird) · nl groentje (inexperienced person) · es amateur (inexperienced person) · kk түлек (young bird) · fi vasta kuoriutunut hyönteinen (insect that has just fledged) · de Neuling (inexperienced person) · cmn 剛羽化的昆蟲 /刚羽化的昆虫 (insect that has just fledged) · cs ptáčátko (young bird) · ro păsărică (young bird) · el αρχάριος (inexperienced person) · pl podlot (young bird) · de flügger Vogel (young bird) · ro păsărea (young bird) · he פִּרְחוֹן (young bird) · de Küken (young bird) · fr oisillon (young bird) · eo novulo (inexperienced person) · fr bleu (inexperienced person) · et linnupoeg (young bird) · el νεοσσός (young bird) · es pipiolo (inexperienced person) · pt filhote/filho/pássaro/etc. recém-emplumado (young bird) · it novellino (inexperienced person) · ru нео́пытный юне́ц (inexperienced person) · vo jibödül (young bird) · cs ptáče (young bird) · cmn 缺乏經驗的人 /缺乏经验的人 (inexperienced person) · es pollito (young bird) · de Kücken n flügges Küken (young bird) · es polluelo (young bird) · de Jungvogel (young bird) · nl kuiken (young bird) · es volantón (young bird) · ga gearrcach (young bird) · fr oiselet (young bird) · pt novato (inexperienced person) · it principiante (inexperienced person) · es volandero (young bird) · es novato (inexperienced person) · nl melkmuil (inexperienced person) · it uccellino (young bird) · it involato (young bird) · ro novice (inexperienced person) · fi untuvikko (inexperienced person) · km កូនបក្សី (young bird) · cmn 未成熟的人 (inexperienced person) · it pivello (inexperienced person) · tl sisiw (young bird) · de Grünschnabel (inexperienced person) · ro ageamiu (inexperienced person) · tk guşjagaz (young bird) · de eben flügge gewordener Vogel (young bird) · km មនុស្សគ្មានសមត្ថភាព (inexperienced person) · es principiante (inexperienced person) · pl nowicjuszka (inexperienced person) · ru птене́ц (young bird) · pa ਬੋਟ (young bird) · fi lentopoikanen (young bird) · sq fillestar (inexperienced person) · fr novice (inexperienced person) · sk vtáča (young bird) · nl aankomeling (inexperienced person) · de Laie (inexperienced person) · sv nybörjare (inexperienced person) · ru опери́вшийся птене́ц (young bird) · sv fågelunge (young bird) · tl inakay (young bird) · mi hauturuki (young bird) · vo bödül (young bird) · cmn 剛長出飛羽的幼鳥 /刚长出飞羽的幼鸟 (young bird) · mi pīrere (young bird) · vo hibödül (young bird) · eo senspertulo (inexperienced person) · pt iniciante (inexperienced person) · cmn 天真的人 (inexperienced person) · sq axhami (inexperienced person) · eo novico (inexperienced person) · nl nieuweling (inexperienced person) · ru новичо́к (inexperienced person) · pl nowicjusz (inexperienced person) · ru несмышлёныш (inexperienced person)