Meaning

3 senses
  1. A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).

    Küken, Kücken n flügges Küken, flügges Kücken

    опери́вшийся птене́цoperívšijsja ptenéc, птене́цptenéc

    young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

  2. An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.

  3. (figuratively)An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.

    Grünschnabel, Neuling, Laie

    новичо́кnovičók, нео́пытный юне́цneópytnyj junéc, несмышлёнышnesmyšljónyš

Examples

4 sentences
  1. There was a fledgling bird there.

    ruТам был птенец. — odexed

    deDas war ein flügger Vogel dort. — Esperantostern

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  2. Algeria has a fledgling tourist industry.

  3. It's a fledgling technology but it shows great promise.

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  4. I've found a fledgling sparrow. What should I do?

    deIch habe einen Spatzen gefunden, der noch nicht fliegen kann. Was soll ich tun? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
young bird:
inexperienced person:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
young bird:
inexperienced person:

Forms

plural: fledglings

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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