"lambkin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlæmkɪn/ Forms: lambkins [plural]
Etymology: lamb + -kin Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lamb|kin|id2=diminutive}} lamb + -kin Head templates: {{en-noun}} lambkin (plural lambkins)
  1. A young lamb, a very young sheep. Categories (lifeform): Sheep Translations (a young lamb): ягня́ (jahnjá) [neuter] (Belarusian), ягнё (jahnjó) [neuter] (Belarusian), бара́нчык (baránčyk) [masculine] (Belarusian), а́гънце (ágǎnce) [neuter] (Bulgarian), а́гне (ágne) [neuter] (Bulgarian), jehňátko [neuter] (Czech), beránek [masculine] (Czech), lammetje [neuter] (Dutch), smálamb [neuter] (Faroese), agnelet [masculine] (French), Lämmchen [neuter] (German), bárányka (Hungarian), uainín [masculine] (Irish), agnellino [masculine] (Italian), agnellus [masculine] (Latin), јагне (jagne) [neuter] (Macedonian), jagniątko [neuter] (Polish), baranek [masculine] (Polish), ягнёнок (jagnjónok) [masculine] (Russian), бара́шек (barášek) [masculine] (Russian), jahňa [neuter] (Slovak), baránok [masculine] (Slovak), corderito [masculine] (Spanish), corderillo [masculine] (Spanish), ягня́ (jahnjá) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ягня́тко (jahnjátko) [neuter] (Ukrainian), бара́нчик (baránčyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), oenig [feminine] (Welsh), oenyn [masculine] (Welsh), oenan [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-lambkin-en-noun-CmRmbF~w Disambiguation of Sheep: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'a young lamb': 97 3
  2. A term of endearment. Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Sheep
    Sense id: en-lambkin-en-noun-cIMEVBWY Disambiguation of Baby animals: 33 67 Disambiguation of Sheep: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms of address, English terms suffixed with -kin (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -kin (diminutive): 16 84

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.