"birdling" meaning in All languages combined

See birdling on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɜɹd.lɪŋ/ Forms: birdlings [plural]
Etymology: From bird + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|bird|ling|id2=diminutive}} bird + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} birdling (plural birdlings)
  1. A little bird; birdie; a nestling (young bird, baby bird). Categories (lifeform): Birds Translations (small bird; birdie; nestling (young bird, baby bird)): birdeto (Esperanto), virbirdeto [masculine] (Esperanto), birdetino [feminine] (Esperanto), oisillon [masculine] (French), Piepmatz [colloquial, masculine] (German), Vögelchen [neuter] (German), Vögelein [neuter] (German), Vöglein [neuter] (German), Vogerl [Austrian, South-German, colloquial, neuter] (German), Jungvogel [masculine] (German), Vogeljunges [neuter] (German), småfugl [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), småfugl [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), inakay (Tagalog), bödil (Volapük), hibödil [masculine] (Volapük), jibödil [feminine] (Volapük), bödül (Volapük), hibödül [masculine] (Volapük), jibödül [feminine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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