"sapling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsæplɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sapling.wav Forms: saplings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sapplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap + -ling. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sapplyng}} Middle English sapplyng, {{suf|en|sap|ling|id2=diminutive}} sap + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} sapling (plural saplings)
  1. A young tree, bigger than a seedling. Translations (young tree): ὄρπηξ (órpēx) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), شَتْلَة (šatla) [feminine] (Arabic), տունկ (tunk) (Armenian), տնկի (tnki) (Armenian), পুলি (puli) (Assamese), фида́нка (fidánka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ပင်ထောင် (panghtaung) (Burmese), plançó [masculine] (Catalan), 幼苗 (yòumiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 樹苗 (Chinese Mandarin), 树苗 (shùmiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), jong boompje (Dutch), arbido (Esperanto), taimi (Finnish), arbrisseau [masculine] (French), rebolo [masculine] (Galician), junger Baum [masculine] (German), Setzling [masculine] (German), Steckling [masculine] (German), Schössling [masculine] (German), Jungbaum [masculine] (German), Fechser [masculine] (German), græðlingur [masculine] (Icelandic), bibit (Indonesian), taimi (Ingrian), hutja (Ingrian), crann óg [masculine] (Irish), buinneán [masculine] (Irish), virgulto (Italian), alberello [masculine] (Italian), 若木 (wakagi) (alt: わかぎ) (Japanese), arbuscula [feminine] (Latin), māhuri (Maori), kāhō (Maori), kōhuri (Maori), kōhurihuri (Maori), sapplyng (Middle English), نهال (nahâl) (Persian), де́ревце (dérevce) [neuter] (Russian), са́женец (sáženec) [masculine] (Russian), ògan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), sadnica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), drvce [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pimpollo [masculine] (Spanish), plantón [masculine] (Spanish), virgulto [dated] (Spanish), fidan (Turkish), nahal (Turkmen), cây nhỏ (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity. Tags: figuratively Translations (youth): младеж (mladež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), jongeling (Dutch), ihmistaimi (Finnish), mozo [masculine] (Galician), grüner Junge [masculine] (German), Grünschnabel [masculine] (German), Jüngling [masculine] (German), 若者 (wakamono) (alt: わかもの) (Japanese), ю́ноша (júnoša) [masculine] (Russian), юне́ц (junéc) [masculine] (Russian), ògan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), pimpollo [masculine] (Spanish), jovencito [masculine] (Spanish), joven [masculine] (Spanish), muchacho [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sapling-en-noun-Oos70K-L Disambiguation of 'youth': 27 73

Inflected forms

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          "word": "crann óg"
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          "word": "alberello"
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          "roman": "mladež",
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          "word": "mozo"
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "de",
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
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    "Terms with Armenian translations",
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
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    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Turkmen translations",
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      "roman": "puli",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "পুলি"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fidánka",
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "panghtaung",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "ပင်ထောင်"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "plançó"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yòumiáo",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "幼苗"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "young tree",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shùmiáo",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "树苗"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "jong boompje"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "arbido"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "taimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbrisseau"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rebolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "junger Baum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Setzling"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Steckling"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Schössling"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Jungbaum"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "young tree",
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "græðlingur"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "bibit"
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      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "young tree",
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      "code": "izh",
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      "word": "hutja"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "crann óg"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "buinneán"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "virgulto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alberello"
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      "alt": "わかぎ",
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      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "若木"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "arbuscula"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "māhuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "kāhō"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "kōhuri"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "kōhurihuri"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "sapplyng"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nahâl",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "نهال"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dérevce",
      "sense": "young tree",
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      "word": "де́ревце"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sáženec",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "са́женец"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ògan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sadnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "drvce"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pimpollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plantón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "virgulto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "fidan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "nahal"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "young tree",
      "word": "cây nhỏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mladež",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "младеж"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "youth",
      "word": "jongeling"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "youth",
      "word": "ihmistaimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grüner Junge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grünschnabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jüngling"
    },
    {
      "alt": "わかもの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wakamono",
      "sense": "youth",
      "word": "若者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "júnoša",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ю́ноша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "junéc",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "юне́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ògan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pimpollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jovencito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "joven"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "youth",
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      "word": "muchacho"
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  "word": "sapling"
}

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