From lamb + -kin.
- IPA(key): /ˈlæmkɪn/
- Hyphenation: lamb‧kin
lambkin (plural lambkins)
- A young lamb, a very young sheep.
- A term of endearment.
1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, page 28:She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.
a young lamb
- Belarusian: ягня́ n (jahnjá), ягнё n (jahnjó), бара́нчык m (baránčyk) (male)
- Bulgarian: а́гънце n (ágǎnce), а́гне (bg) n (ágne)
- Czech: jehňátko (cs) n, beránek (cs) m (male)
- Dutch: lammetje (nl) n
- Faroese: smálamb n
- French: agnelet (fr) m
- German: Lämmchen (de) n
- Hungarian: bárányka (hu)
- Irish: uainín m
- Italian: agnellino (it) m
- Latin: agnellus (la) m
- Macedonian: јагне n (jagne)
- Polish: jagniątko (pl) n, baranek (pl) m (male)
- Russian: ягнёнок (ru) m (jagnjónok), бара́шек (ru) m (barášek) (male)
- Slovak: jahňa n, baránok m (male)
- Spanish: corderito (es) m, corderillo m
- Ukrainian: ягня́ (uk) n (jahnjá), ягня́тко (uk) n (jahnjátko), бара́нчик (uk) m (baránčyk) (male)
- Welsh: oenig f, oenyn m, oenan m or f
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