"owlet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈaʊlət/ Forms: owlets [plural]
Etymology: From owl + -et. Compare howlet. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|owl|et}} owl + -et, {{m|en|howlet}} howlet Head templates: {{en-noun}} owlet (plural owlets)
  1. Diminutive of owl Tags: diminutive, form-of Form of: owl
    Sense id: en-owlet-en-noun-JNfwRVwt
  2. A young owl; owling. Translations (a young owl): uilskuiken [neuter] (Dutch), pöllönpoikanen (Finnish), jeune hibou [masculine] (French), jeune chouette (note: with tufted ears) [feminine] (French), ბუს ბახალა (bus baxala) (Georgian), Eulenjunges [neuter] (German), junge Eule [feminine] (German), sówka [feminine] (Polish), совёнок (sovjónok) [masculine] (Russian), sôvä [neuter] (Slovak), uggleunge [common-gender] (Swedish), lülül [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hilülül [masculine] (Volapük), jilülül [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-owlet-en-noun-HkF8RsAC Disambiguation of 'a young owl': 11 85 3 0
  3. One of a species of small owls, such as Athene noctua.
    Sense id: en-owlet-en-noun-hpDiVQE1
  4. An owlet moth. Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Noctuoid moths, Owls
    Sense id: en-owlet-en-noun-1lgY64JA Disambiguation of Baby animals: 6 5 22 67 Disambiguation of Noctuoid moths: 2 2 14 82 Disambiguation of Owls: 11 10 32 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -et Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 19 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 1 16 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -et: 3 3 17 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: owling, howlet, houlet Derived forms: long-whiskered owlet (taxonomic: Xenoglaux loweryi), owlet moth (english: Noctuidae), owlet-nightjar, spotted owlet

Inflected forms

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