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English

Etymology

From fledge 'prepare for flying' + diminutive suffix -ling

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/,
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-fledgling.ogg

Adjective

untried or inexperienced

Translations

French: inexpérimenté

Noun

(literally) A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
(metaphorically) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person

Translations

French: oisillon
German: flügge|flügges Kücken

Spanish: pollito

Albanian: axhami
German: Grünschnabel

References

Category:Baby animals Category:Birds

et:fledgling fr:fledgling io:fledgling fi:fledgling vi:fledgling zh:fledgling

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English fledgeling \fledgeling\, fledgling \fledgling\n.
a new member of a group.

Syn: newcomer, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman,
entrant.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. A young bird just fledged. [WordNet sense 2]
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English fledgling \fledgling\ adj.
1. having just acquired its flight feathers; -- of a young
bird; as, a fledgling robin. [prenominal]

Syn: fledgeling(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5]

2. young and inexperienced; as, a fledgling enterprise; a
fledgling skier.

Syn: unfledged.
[WordNet 1.5]

WordNet fledgling
adj 1: of a young bird just having acquired its flight feathers; "a
fledgling robin" [syn: fledgling(a), fledgeling(a)]
2: young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a
fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer" [syn: unfledged]
n 1: any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer, fledgeling,
starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant]
2: young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
[syn: fledgeling]

Moby Dictionary
Young Turk , abecedarian , adolescent , alphabetarian , apprentice ,
arriviste , articled clerk , at half cock , avifauna , baby , baby bird ,
beginner , bird , bird of Jove , bird of Juno , bird of Minerva ,
bird of night , bird of passage , bird of prey , birdie , birdlife ,
birdling , birdy , boot , boy , bright young man , bub , bubba , buck ,
bud , buddy , cage bird , calf , callow , catechumen , catling , chick ,
chickling , chicky , colt , comer , cub , cygnet , deb , debutant , dewy ,
diving bird , dogie , dove , duckling , eagle , eaglet , entrant ,
ever-new , evergreen , fawn , fellow , firsthand , fish-eating bird ,
flightless bird , foal , fowl , fresh , freshman , fruit-eating bird ,
fryer , fulmar , game bird , gosling , green , greenhorn , greeny ,
half-baked , half-cocked , half-grown , hobbledehoy , hopeful ,
ignoramus , ill-digested , immature , impubic , inductee , infant ,
initiate , insect-eating bird , intact , junior , juvenal , juvenile ,
kid , kit , kitten , lad , laddie , lamb , lambkin , learner , litter ,
maiden , maidenly , manchild , master , migrant , migratory bird , minor ,
modern , modern generation , modern man , modernist , modernizer ,
muchacho , neologism , neologist , neology , neonate , neophyte ,
neoteric , neoterism , neoterist , nest , nestling , new , new boy ,
new generation , new man , newcomer , nouveau riche , novice ,
novitiate , novus homo , original , oscine bird , owl , parvenu ,
passerine bird , peacock , peafowl , peahen , perching bird , pigeon ,
piglet , pigling , polliwog , postulant , pristine , probationer ,
probationist , pubescent , pullet , pup , puppy , ratite , raw ,
raw recruit , recruit , rising generation , rookie , sapling ,
schoolboy , sea bird , seed-eating bird , sempervirent , shoat ,
shore bird , slip , songbird , sonny , sonny boy , sprig , squab ,
storm petrel , stormy petrel , stripling , swan , tadpole , teenager ,
teener , teenybopper , tenderfoot , trainee , tyro , unbeaten ,
underripe , undeveloped , unfledged , unmellowed , unripe , unseasoned ,
untouched , untried , untrodden , unused , upstart , vernal , virgin ,
virginal , wading bird , warbler , water bird , waterfowl , weaner ,
whelp , wildfowl , yeanling , young , young hopeful , young man ,
young person , younger , youngest , youngling , youngster , youth