fledgling

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• /ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/
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Etymology tree English fledge Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kwo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English fledgling From fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 未經嘗試的 /未经尝试的 (wèijīng chángshì de) — inexperienced
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺乏經驗的 /缺乏经验的 (quēfá jīngyàn de) — inexperienced
• Czech: nezkušený — inexperienced
• Dutch: onervaren — inexperienced
• Esperanto: sensperta — inexperienced
• Esperanto: nesperta — inexperienced
• Finnish: kokematon — inexperienced
• Finnish: aloitteleva — inexperienced
• Finnish: orastava — inexperienced
• French: inexpérimenté — inexperienced
• German: unerfahren — inexperienced
• German: unerprobt — inexperienced
• German: ungeprüft — inexperienced
• Greek: πρωτόπειρος (protópeiros) — inexperienced
• Greek: άπειρος (ápeiros) — inexperienced
• Greek: αρχάριος (archários) — inexperienced
• Italian: inesperto — inexperienced
• Italian: alle prime armi — inexperienced
• Khmer: ដោយគ្មានបទពិសោធន៏ (daoy kmien bɑt pi’saot) — inexperienced
• Northern Kurdish: bêtecrûbe — inexperienced
• Northern Kurdish: naşî — inexperienced
• Polish: niedoświadczony — inexperienced
• Portuguese: inexperiente — inexperienced
• Portuguese: novato — inexperienced
• Russian: нео́пытный (neópytnyj) — inexperienced
• Russian: неискушённый (neiskušónnyj) — inexperienced
• Russian: зелёный (zeljónyj) — inexperienced
• Russian: желторотый (želtorotyj) — inexperienced
• Spanish: inexperto — inexperienced
• Spanish: bisoño — inexperienced
• Spanish: principiante — inexperienced
• Spanish: novel — inexperienced
• Spanish: novicio — inexperienced
• Swedish: oerfaren — inexperienced
• Swedish: flygfärdig — inexperienced
• Chinese Mandarin: 新興的 /新兴的 (xīnxīng de) — emergent or rising
• Chinese Mandarin: 上升的 (shàngshēng de) — emergent or rising
• Dutch: opkomend — emergent or rising
• Dutch: rijzend — emergent or rising
• Esperanto: freŝbakita — emergent or rising
• Finnish: aloitteleva aufkommend (fi) — emergent or rising
• Finnish: aufkeimend — emergent or rising
• Finnish: sich entwickelnd — emergent or rising
• Finnish: hervortretend — emergent or rising
• Finnish: jung — emergent or rising
• Finnish: frischgebacken — emergent or rising
• Finnish: Jung- — emergent or rising
• Finnish: Nachwuchs- — emergent or rising
• Finnish: in den Kinderschuhen — emergent or rising
• French: naissant — emergent or rising
• French: naissante — emergent or rising
• French: émergent — emergent or rising
• French: émergente — emergent or rising
• Polish: świeżo upieczony — emergent or rising
• Polish: początkujący — emergent or rising
• Chinese Mandarin: 剛長出飛羽的幼鳥 /刚长出飞羽的幼鸟 (gāng zhǎng chū fēi yǔ de yòu niǎo) — young bird
• Czech: ptáče — young bird
• Czech: ptáčátko — young bird
• Dutch: kuiken — young bird
• Estonian: linnupoeg — young bird
• Finnish: lentopoikanen — young bird
• French: oisillon — young bird
• French: oiselet — young bird
• German: Küken — young bird
• German: Kücken n flügges Küken — young bird
• German: flügges Kücken — young bird
• German: flügger Vogel — young bird
• German: eben flügge gewordener Vogel — young bird
• German: Jungvogel — young bird
• Greek: νεοσσός (neossós) — young bird
• Hebrew: אֶפְרוֹחַ (efróaḥ) — young bird
• Irish: gearrcach — young bird
• Italian: uccellino — young bird
• Kazakh: түлек (tülek) — young bird
• Khmer: កូនបក្សី (koon baksəy) — young bird
• Māori: pīrere — young bird
• Māori: hauturuki — young bird
• Māori: turuki — young bird
• Polish: podlot — young bird
• Portuguese: filhote/filho/pássaro/etc. recém-emplumado — young bird
• Punjabi: ਬੋਟ (boṭ) — young bird
• Romanian: păsărea — young bird
• Romanian: păsărică — young bird
• Russian: опери́вшийся птене́ц (operívšijsja ptenéc) — young bird
• Russian: птене́ц (ptenéc) — young bird
• Slovak: vtáča — young bird
• Spanish: pollito — young bird
• Spanish: polluelo — young bird
• Spanish: volandero — young bird
• Spanish: volantón — young bird
• Swedish: fågelunge — young bird
• Tagalog: inakay — young bird
• Tagalog: sisiw — young bird
• Turkmen: guşjagaz — young bird
• Volapük: bödül — young bird
• Volapük: hibödül — young bird
• Volapük: jibödül — young bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 剛羽化的昆蟲 /刚羽化的昆虫 (gāng yǔhuà de kūnchóng) — insect that has just fledged
• Finnish: vasta kuoriutunut hyönteinen — insect that has just fledged
• Albanian: axhami — inexperienced person
• Albanian: fillestar — inexperienced person
• Chinese Mandarin: 未成熟的人 (wèi chéngshú de rén) — inexperienced person
• Chinese Mandarin: 天真的人 (tiānzhēn de rén) — inexperienced person
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺乏經驗的人 /缺乏经验的人 (quēfá jīngyàn de rén) — inexperienced person
• Dutch: nieuweling — inexperienced person
• Dutch: melkmuil — inexperienced person
• Dutch: aankomeling — inexperienced person
• Dutch: groentje — inexperienced person
• Esperanto: novico — inexperienced person
• Esperanto: novulo — inexperienced person
• Esperanto: senspertulo — inexperienced person
• Finnish: untuvikko — inexperienced person
• French: novice — inexperienced person
• French: bleu — inexperienced person
• German: Grünschnabel — inexperienced person
• German: Neuling — inexperienced person
• German: Laie — inexperienced person
• Greek: αρχάριος (archários) — inexperienced person
• Italian: novellino — inexperienced person
• Italian: principiante — inexperienced person
• Italian: pivello — inexperienced person
• Khmer: មនុស្សគ្មានសមត្ថភាព (mɔnuh kmien sa’mattha’ phiep) — inexperienced person
• Polish: nowicjusz — inexperienced person
• Polish: nowicjuszka — inexperienced person
• Polish: żółtodziób — inexperienced person
• Portuguese: novato — inexperienced person
• Portuguese: iniciante — inexperienced person
• Romanian: novice — inexperienced person
• Romanian: ageamiu — inexperienced person
• Russian: новичо́к (novičók) — inexperienced person
• Russian: нео́пытный юне́ц (neópytnyj junéc) — inexperienced person
• Russian: несмышлёныш (nesmyšljónyš) — inexperienced person
• Spanish: amateur — inexperienced person
• Spanish: novato — inexperienced person
• Spanish: principiante — inexperienced person
• Spanish: pipiolo — inexperienced person
• Swedish: nybörjare — inexperienced person