"youngling" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/ Forms: more youngling [comparative], most youngling [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English youngling, ȝongelyng, ȝungling, from Old English ġeongling (“a youth, youngling”), from Proto-West Germanic *jungiling, from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”); equivalent to young + -ling. Doublet of Yngling. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ey-|id=life}}, {{inh|en|enm|youngling}} Middle English youngling, {{m|enm|ȝongelyng}} ȝongelyng, {{m|enm|ȝungling}} ȝungling, {{inh|en|ang|ġeongling|t=a youth, youngling}} Old English ġeongling (“a youth, youngling”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jungiling}} Proto-West Germanic *jungiling, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*jungalingaz}} Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, {{m|gem-pro|*jungilingaz|t=young man, youngling}} *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”), {{af|en|young|-ling}} young + -ling, {{dbt|en|Yngling}} Doublet of Yngling Head templates: {{en-adj}} youngling (comparative more youngling, superlative most youngling)
  1. (archaic) Young; youthful. Tags: archaic Synonyms: young Translations (young): млад (mlad) (Bulgarian), jeugdig (Dutch), yuna (Ido)
    Sense id: en-youngling-en-adj-I2ES4Cv7

Noun

IPA: /ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/ Forms: younglings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English youngling, ȝongelyng, ȝungling, from Old English ġeongling (“a youth, youngling”), from Proto-West Germanic *jungiling, from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”); equivalent to young + -ling. Doublet of Yngling. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ey-|id=life}}, {{inh|en|enm|youngling}} Middle English youngling, {{m|enm|ȝongelyng}} ȝongelyng, {{m|enm|ȝungling}} ȝungling, {{inh|en|ang|ġeongling|t=a youth, youngling}} Old English ġeongling (“a youth, youngling”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jungiling}} Proto-West Germanic *jungiling, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*jungalingaz}} Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, {{m|gem-pro|*jungilingaz|t=young man, youngling}} *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”), {{af|en|young|-ling}} young + -ling, {{dbt|en|Yngling}} Doublet of Yngling Head templates: {{en-noun}} youngling (plural younglings)
  1. A young person, animal, or plant; chit. Categories (topical): Children, People Synonyms: child (english: human), youngling Hypernyms: animal Holonyms: brood, crèche, litter Related terms: offspring, spawn, young, :Category:Baby animals, child, female animal, pregnant Translations (young person, animal, or plant): малко (malko) [neuter] (Bulgarian), yuno (Ido), sabi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-youngling-en-noun-mjE9EFGy Disambiguation of Children: 18 82 Disambiguation of People: 16 84 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 suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 5 95 Hyponyms: baby, juvenile, infant, orphan, whelp, yearling, calf, fawn, hogget, kid, lamb, poddy, yeanling, colt, filly, foal, cria, cub, kitten, kitty, lion cub, tiger cub, bull-pup, kit, pup, puppy, bearcub, bear-whelp, joey, puggle, piglet, bunny, leveret, frogling, hatchling, polliwog, snakelet, tadpole, chick, cygnet, dovelet, duckling, doveling, eaglet, eyas, fledgling, gosling, nestling, piper, squab, swanling, crablet, cuttlet, ephyrae, fry, leptocephalus, nauplius, nymph, parr, pluteus, smolt, spat, littleneck, zoea, caterpillar, larva

Inflected forms

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