noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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dŭkʹlĭng
/ˈdʌklɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ʌklɪŋ
CMU ARPABET:D AH1 K L IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A young duck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ducklet
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A young duck.
A young female duck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: strictly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ducklet
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
young duck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duck
4
noun
Meaning 4
flesh of a young domestic duck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duck
History
Etymology
From Middle English dokeling, dukling, dookelynge (“duckling”), equivalent to duck + -ling.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
rikë
— young duck
Basque:
ahatekume
— young duck
Belarusian:
качаня́
(kačanjá)
— young duck
Belarusian:
качанё
(kačanjó)
— young duck
Bulgarian:
па́те
(páte)
— young duck
Bulgarian:
па́тенце
(pátence)
— young duck
Bulgarian:
пате́нце
(paténce)
— young duck
Carpathian Rusyn:
качатко
(kačatko)
— young duck
Carpathian Rusyn:
каче
(kače)
— young duck
Carpathian Rusyn:
качочка
(kačočka)
— young duck
Catalan:
aneguet
— young duck
Catalan:
anedó
— young duck
Chinese Cantonese:
小鴨子 /小鸭子
(siu2 aap3 zi2)
— young duck
Chinese:
鴨咪仔 /鸭咪仔
(zh-min-nan)
— young duck
Chinese:
鴨仔囝 /鸭仔囝
(zh-min-nan)
— young duck
Chinese Mandarin:
小鴨子 /小鸭子
(xiǎoyāzi)
— young duck
Cornish:
heyjik
— young duck
Montagnais:
shishipiss
— young duck
Czech:
káče
— young duck
Czech:
káčátko
— young duck
Danish:
ælling
— young duck
Dutch:
eendenkuiken
— young duck
Dutch:
eendenjong
— young duck
Dutch:
eendje
— young duck
Dutch:
piel
— young duck
Esperanto:
anasido
— young duck
Faroese:
dunnuungi
— young duck
Finnish:
ankanpoikanen
— young duck
Finnish:
sorsanpoikanen
— young duck
French:
canardeau
— young duck
French:
caneton
— young duck
Galician:
parrulo
— young duck
Galician:
parruliño
— young duck
German:
Entenjunges
— young duck
German:
Entenküken
— young duck
German:
Entchen
— young duck
German:
Entlein
— young duck
German:
Jungente
— young duck
German:
junge Ente
— young duck
Greek:
παπί
(papí)
— young duck
Greek:
παπάκι
(papáki)
— young duck
Hebrew:
ברווזון \ בַּרְוָזוֹן
(barvazón)
— young duck