noun
Meaning 1
The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eaglet
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noun
Meaning 2
a young eagle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eagle, bird of Jove, young bird
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English eagle Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English eaglet From eagle + -let (diminutive suffix).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: arendsjong — an eagle chick
- Arabic: هَيْثَم (hayṯam) — an eagle chick
- Belarusian: арляня́ (arljanjá) — an eagle chick
- Belarusian: арлянё (arljanjó) — an eagle chick
- Bulgarian: орле́ (orlé) — an eagle chick
- Catalan: aguiló — an eagle chick
- Chinese Mandarin: 小鷹 /小鹰 (xiǎoyīng) — an eagle chick
- Czech: orle — an eagle chick
- Danish: ørneunge — an eagle chick
- Finnish: kotkanpoikanen — an eagle chick
- French: aiglon — an eagle chick
- French: aiglette — an eagle chick
- Galician: aguiúncho — an eagle chick
- Georgian: მართვე (martve) — an eagle chick
- German: Adlerjunges — an eagle chick
- Greek: αετόπουλο (aetópoulo) — an eagle chick
- Greek: αετιδέας (aetidéas) — an eagle chick
- Ancient Greek: ἀετιδεύς (aetideús) — an eagle chick
- Italian: aquilotto — an eagle chick
- Lithuanian: ereliukas — an eagle chick
- Macedonian: орле (orle) — an eagle chick
- Classical Nahuatl: cuāuhconētl — an eagle chick
- Navajo: atsá biyáázh — an eagle chick
- Polish: orlę — an eagle chick
- Polish: orlątko — an eagle chick
- Portuguese: filhote de águia — an eagle chick
- Romanian: vulturel — an eagle chick
- Romanian: vulturaș — an eagle chick
- Russian: орлёнок (orljónok) — an eagle chick
- Slovene: orlič — an eagle chick
- Spanish: aguilucho — an eagle chick
- Swedish: örnunge — an eagle chick
- Turkish: kartal yavrusu — an eagle chick
- Ukrainian: орля́ (orljá) — an eagle chick
- Ukrainian: орленя́ (orlenjá) — an eagle chick
- Ukrainian: орля́тко (orljátko) — an eagle chick
- Volapük: kvilül — an eagle chick
- Volapük: hikvilül — an eagle chick
- Volapük: jikvilül — an eagle chick
- Volapük: gilil — an eagle chick
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