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fledg·ling
also fledge·ling (flĕj′lĭng)n.
1. A young bird that has left the nest and has usually acquired flight feathers, but is often not yet able to fly.
2. A young or inexperienced person.
adj.
New and untried or inexperienced: a fledgling enterprise.
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fledgling
(ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ) orfledgeling
n
1. (Animals) a young bird that has just fledged
a young and inexperienced or untried person, organization or system
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fledg•ling
(ˈflɛdʒ lɪŋ)n.
1. a young bird that has recently fledged.
2. an inexperienced person.
adj. 3. young or inexperienced.
[1820–30]
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fledg·ling
(flĕj′lĭng) A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly and is capable of surviving outside the nest.
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Noun | 1. | fledgling - any new participant in some activity |
2. | fledgling - young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying young bird - a bird that is still young | |
Adj. | 1. | fledgling - (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers; "a fledgling robin" |
2. | fledgling - young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer" inexperienced, inexperient - lacking practical experience or training |
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fledgling
noun
1. chick, nestling, young bird The fathers of these fledglings are all dead.
2. new, beginning, developing, emerging, amateur, embryonic, probationary advice he gave to fledgling writers
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fledgling
also fledgelingnoun
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Translations
طائِر صَغير
nezkušenýptáčátkoptáče
fiatal madármadár: fiatal madár
fledgling
fledgeling [ˈfledʒlɪŋ]A. N (= young bird) → pajarito m (fig) → novato/a m/f
B. CPD [democracy, writer] → en ciernes; [company, industry] → joven
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fledgling
n (Orn: = young bird) → Jungvogel m
adj democracy, organization, business → jung; person → frischgebacken (inf); fledgling artist → Nachwuchskünstler(in) m(f); fledgling teacher/writer → Junglehrer(in) m(f) → /-autor(in) m(f); their feminist movement is fledgling at best → ihre Feministenbewegung steckt noch in den Kinderschuhen; they began their fledgling career on a shoestring → sie haben ganz klein mit sehr wenig Geld angefangen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fledg(e)ling
(ˈfledʒliŋ) noun a young bird ready to fly.
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