"wildling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wildlings [plural]
Etymology: 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, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'animal': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'wild animal': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wilderness, seedling

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for wildling meaning in English (2.1kB)

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