"wildling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wildlings [plural]
Etymology: From wild + -ling (“descendant”); cognate with Dutch (not synonymous) wildeling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wild|ling|t2=descendant}} wild + -ling (“descendant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wildling (plural wildlings)
  1. A wild, i.e. not cultivated, plant Translations (wild plant): wilde plant (Dutch), planta silvestre [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wildling-en-noun-~bTTiTFE Disambiguation of 'wild plant': 68 32
  2. A wild animal Synonyms (animal): beast Translations (wild animal): wild dier/ beest (Dutch), vad (Hungarian), vadállat (Hungarian), animal salvaje [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wildling-en-noun-9RqZHde2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'animal': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'wild animal': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wilderness, seedling

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "wild plant",
          "word": "wilde plant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "wild plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        }
      ]
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          "sense": "wild animal",
          "word": "vadállat"
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        }
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    }
  ],
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    }
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      ],
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wild plant",
      "word": "wilde plant"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wild plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "planta silvestre"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wild animal",
      "word": "wild dier/ beest"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wild animal",
      "word": "vad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wild animal",
      "word": "vadállat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wild animal",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "animal salvaje"
    }
  ],
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}

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