noun
Meaning 1
A young tree, larger than a seedling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sapling
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈsæplɪŋ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
young tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree
History
Etymology
From Middle English saplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap + -ling.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: شَتْلَة (šatla) — young tree
- Armenian: տունկ (tunk) — young tree
- Armenian: տնկի (tnki) — young tree
- Assamese: পুলি (puli) — young tree
- Bulgarian: фида́нка (fidánka) — young tree
- Burmese: ပင်ထောင် (panghtaung) — young tree
- Catalan: plançó — young tree
- Chinese Mandarin: 幼苗 (yòumiáo) — young tree
- Chinese Mandarin: 樹苗 /树苗 (shùmiáo) — young tree
- Czech: odrostek — young tree
- Czech: mladý strom — young tree
- Czech: stromek — young tree
- Dutch: jong boompje — young tree
- Esperanto: arbido — young tree
- Finnish: taimi — young tree
- French: arbrisseau — young tree
- Galician: rebolo — young tree
- German: junger Baum — young tree
- German: Setzling — young tree
- German: Steckling — young tree
- German: Schössling — young tree
- German: Jungbaum — young tree
- German: Fechser — young tree
- Greek: δενδρύλλιο (dendrýllio) — young tree
- Ancient Greek: ὄρπηξ (órpēx) — young tree
- Icelandic: græðlingur — young tree
- Indonesian: bibit — young tree
- Ingrian: taimi — young tree
- Ingrian: hutja — young tree
- Irish: crann óg — young tree
- Irish: buinneán — young tree
- Italian: virgulto — young tree
- Italian: alberello — young tree
- Japanese: 若木 (wakagi) — young tree
- Latin: arbuscula — young tree
- Macedonian: фиданка (fidanka) — young tree
- Māori: māhuri — young tree
- Māori: kāhō — young tree
- Māori: kōhuri — young tree
- Māori: kōhurihuri — young tree
- Middle English: saplyng — young tree
- Persian: نهال (nahâl) — young tree
- Romanian: puiet — young tree
- Russian: де́ревце (dérevce) — young tree
- Russian: са́женец (sáženec) — young tree
- Scottish Gaelic: ògan — young tree
- Serbo-Croatian: sadnica — young tree
- Serbo-Croatian: drvce — young tree
- Spanish: pimpollo — young tree
- Spanish: plantón — young tree
- Spanish: virgulto — young tree
- Spanish: plantín — young tree
- Spanish: arbolito — young tree
- Turkish: fidan — young tree
- Turkmen: nahal — young tree
- Unami: hìtùkwtët — young tree
- Vietnamese: cây nhỏ — young tree
- Bulgarian: младеж (mladež) — youth
- Dutch: jongeling — youth
- Finnish: ihmistaimi — youth
- Galician: mozo — youth
- German: grüner Junge — youth
- German: Grünschnabel — youth
- German: Jüngling — youth
- Japanese: 若者 (wakamono) — youth
- Russian: ю́ноша (júnoša) — youth
- Russian: юне́ц (junéc) — youth
- Scottish Gaelic: ògan — youth
- Spanish: pimpollo — youth
- Spanish: jovencito — youth
- Spanish: joven — youth
- Spanish: muchacho — youth
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