fledgling

English

Alternative forms

• fledgeling

Etymology

From fledge 'prepare for flying' + diminutive suffix -ling

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /"flEdZlIN/

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Adjective

fledgling (not comparable)

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) untried or inexperienced

Translations

inexperienced

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: nezkušený (cs)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: onervaren (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kokematon (fi), aloitteleva (fi), orastava (fi)
• French: inexpérimenté (fr)
• Greek: πρωτόπειρος (el) (protópeiros) m, άπειρος (el) (ápeiros) m, αρχάριος (el) (archários) m

• Italian: inesperto (it), alle prime armi (it)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: неопытный (ru) (neópytnyj), неискушённый (ru) (neiskušónnyj), зелёный (ru) (zeljónyj)
• Spanish: inexperto (es)
• Swedish: oerfaren (sv), flygfärdig (sv)

Noun

fledgling (plural fledglings)

1. (literally) A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
2. (figuratively) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.

Translations

young bird

• Czech: ptáče (cs) n, ptáčátko (cs) n
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: kuiken (nl)
• Estonian: linnupoeg (et)
• Finnish: lentopoikanen (fi)
• French: oisillon (fr) m
• German: flügges Küken (de) n, flügges Kücken (de) n, Küken (de) n, flügger Vogel (de) m, eben flügge gewordener Vogel (de) m, Jungvogel (de) m
• Greek: νεοσσός (el) (neossós) m
• Italian: uccellino (it)

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: оперившийся птенец (ru) (operívšijsja ptenéc) m, птенец (ru) (ptenéc) m
• Slovak: vtáča (sk) n
• Spanish: pollito (es) m
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: (male or female) bödül (vo), (male) hibödül (vo), (female) jibödül (vo)

inexperienced person

• Albanian: axhami (sq)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: nieuweling (nl),(familiar)melkmuil (nl), aankomeling (nl),groentje (nl)
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: untuvikko (fi)
• French: novice (fr) m and f, (familiar) bleu (fr)
• German: Grünschnabel (de) m
• Greek: αρχάριος (el) (archários) m

• Italian: novellino (it), principiante (it), pivello (it)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: новичок (ru) (novičók) m, неопытный юнец (ru) (neópytnyj junéc) m, зелёный (ru) (zeljónyj) m (disparaging, lit.: "green")
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: nybörjare (sv) c

References

• fledgeling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913