youngling

Meaning

Adj

Young; youthful.

Noun

A young person, animal, or plant; chit.

Synonyms

child

🧒

infant

sapling

stripling

youngster

youth

youthful

youthly

scaturiginous

Translations

giovanetto

νέος

νέα

Jüngling

jeugdig

adonis

jeune

adolescent

ανοιξιάτικος

νεαρό ζώο

Frühjahrs…

νεαρό άτομο

damoiseau

νεανικός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: youngling

Inherited from Old English: ġeongling

In summary

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.