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
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(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:
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)