"leapling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈliplɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-leapling.wav [Southern-England] Forms: leaplings [plural]
Etymology: leap + -ling (from leap year) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|leap|ling}} leap + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} leapling (plural leaplings)
  1. Someone born on a leap day, the 29th of February. Translations (one born on a leap day): karkauspäivänä syntynyt (Finnish), szökőéves (Hungarian), hlaupársbarn [neuter] (Icelandic), skuddårsbarn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-leapling-en-noun-me9dkomM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling

Inflected forms

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