Standard Lemma guide

duckling

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • dŭkʹlĭng
  • /ˈdʌklɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Hungarian: kiskacsa — young duck
  • Icelandic: andarungi — young duck
  • Ido: anadyuno — young duck
  • Indonesian: itik — young duck
  • Irish: lachín — young duck
  • Irish: éan lachan — young duck
  • Italian: anatroccolo — young duck
  • Italian: anatrella — young duck
  • Korean: 오리 새끼 (ori saekki) — young duck
  • Latin: anaticula — young duck
  • Latvian: pīlēns — young duck
  • Lithuanian: ančiukas — young duck
  • Macedonian: пајче (pajče) — young duck
  • Macedonian: патче (patče) — young duck
  • Macedonian: бибе (bibe) — young duck
  • Malay: anak itik — young duck
  • Māori: pī rakiraki — young duck
  • Classical Nahuatl: canauhconētl — young duck
  • Classical Nahuatl: canauhconētōntli — young duck
  • Norman: cannot — young duck
  • Norwegian Bokmål: andunge — young duck
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: andunge — young duck
  • Occitan: guiton — young duck
  • Occitan: anedon — young duck
  • Occitan: riton — young duck
  • Pannonian Rusyn: каче (kače) — young duck
  • Pannonian Rusyn: качатко (kačatko) — young duck
  • Plautdietsch: Piela — young duck
  • Polish: kaczę — young duck
  • Polish: kaczątko — young duck
  • Portuguese: patinho — young duck
  • Romanian: rățușcă — young duck
  • Romanian: rățișoară — young duck
  • Romanian: rățucă — young duck
  • Romanian: boboc — young duck
  • Russian: утёнок (utjónok) — young duck
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏че — young duck
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁče — young duck
  • Slovak: kačiatko — young duck
  • Slovak: káča — young duck
  • Slovene: račka — young duck
  • Spanish: patito — young duck
  • Sundanese: titit — young duck
  • Swedish: älling — young duck
  • Swedish: andunge — young duck
  • Swedish: ankunge — young duck
  • Turkish: badi — young duck
  • Ukrainian: каченя́ (kačenjá) — young duck
  • Ukrainian: каченя́тко (kačenjátko) — young duck
  • Ukrainian: кача́ (kačá) — young duck
  • Vietnamese: vịt con — young duck
  • Volapük: dökül — young duck
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