Meaning
3 sensesA young goose.
Gänseküken, Gänslein, Gänschen
гусёнокgusjónok
гусеня́husenjá, гусеня́ткоhusenjátko, гуся́ткоhusjátko
young goose
An inexperienced and immature, or foolish and naive, young person.
Grünschnabel, Gelbschnabel
глупы́шglupýš
(dated)A catkin on willows, nut trees, and pines.
Examples
7 sentencesA gosling is a baby goose.
ruГусёнок — детёныш гуся.
The goslings swam behind their mother.
The cat pounced on the stray gosling.
Goslings and ducklings are both adorable.
Look at the mother goose and her little goslings!
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English goslyng (“gosling”), alteration (due to Middle English goos (“gooFrom Late Middle English goslyng (“gosling”), alteration (due to Middle English goos (“goose”)) of earlier gesling (“gosling”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse gæsling, géslingr (“gosling”), from gás (“goose”) + -lingr (“-ling”), equivalent to goose + -ling. Cognate with Danish gæsling (“gosling”), Swedish gässling (“gosling”). Compare also Low German gossel, gössel (“gosling”), German Gänslein (“gosling”).
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