nestling

See also: Nestling

English

Etymology 1

Three nestlings.

From Middle English nestling, equivalent to nest +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛstlɪŋ/

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Noun

nestling (plural nestlings)

1. A small, young bird that is still confined to the nest.

   Synonym: quab

2. (obsolete) A nest; a receptacle.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], OCLC 932932554:

     the secrecies of the passages, and the seats or nestlings of the humours

Translations

small, young bird that is still confined to the nest

• Adyghe: кӏэтжъый (kʼetẑəj)
• Arabic: فَرْخ‎ m (farḵ)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: птушаня́ n (ptušanjá)
• Bulgarian: голишарче n (golišarče)
• Cebuano: kuyabog, pispis
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雛鳥 (zh), 雏鸟 (zh) (chúniǎo)

• Czech: ptáče (cs) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: linnunpoikanen
• French: oisillon (fr) m
• Galician: paxariño m
• Georgian: ბარტყი (barṭq̇i)
• German: Jungvogel (de) m, Küken (de) n, Nestling m
• Greek:

  Ancient: νεοσσός m (neossós)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: fióka (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: gearrcach m
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• Japanese: 雛鳥 (ひなどり, hinadori), 雛 (ja) (ひな, hina)
• Khmer: កូនបក្សី (koun baksəy)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Ojibwe: banajaanh
• Polish: pisklę (pl) n
• Russian: птене́ц (ru) m (ptenéc), пте́нчик (ru) m (pténčik)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: пташеня́ n (ptašenjá)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: bödül (vo), hibödül m, jibödül f

Etymology 2

From nestle +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛsəlɪŋ/, /ˈnɛslɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛslɪŋ

Verb

nestling

1. present participle of nestle

Noun

nestling (plural nestlings)

1. The act of one who nestles.
   • 1871, Kate Neely Hill Festetits, Actions speak louder than words:

     It was associated, to them, with vague sweet memories of loving nestlings in mother's arms, of soft warm coddlings before the fire, of slow rocking to and fro in the little, low, flag chair, and gradual droppings off to sleep […]

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