gosling

English

Two geese with four goslings.

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Late Middle English gosling, goselyng ‎(“gosling”), alteration (due to Middle English goos, gose ‎(“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”).

Noun

gosling ‎(plural goslings)

1. A young goose.
2. A callow (immature, inexperienced) / foolish, naive, young person.
3. (dated) A catkin on nut trees and pines.

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Synonyms

• gooseling

Related terms

• goose
• duckling
• swanling

Translations

young goose

• Bulgarian: гъсе n ‎(gǎse)
• Czech: house (cs) n
• Dutch: gansje (nl) n, ganzenjong n
• Esperanto: anserido
• French: oison (fr) m, oiselet (fr) m (literary)
• German: Gänseküken n, Gänslein n, Gänschen n, (North German) Gössel (de) n, junge Gans f
• Hebrew: אווזון
• Irish: góislín m, éan gé m
• Italian: ochetto m, ochetta f, papero (it) m, papera (it) f, (diminutive) paperino m, (diminutive) paperina f
• Korean: 새끼거위 ‎(saekkigeowi)
• Lithuanian: žąsiukas (lt) m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gåsunge m

  Nynorsk: gåsunge m

• Polish: gąsię (pl) n, gęsię (pl) n
• Portuguese: gansinho m
• Romanian: boboc (ro) m
• Russian: гусёнок (ru) m ‎(gusjónok)
• Slovak: húsa n, húsatko n (diminutive)
• Spanish: ansarino m
• Swedish: gässling (sv) c
• Turkish: (dialectal) badi (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) ganül, (♂) higanül, (♀) jiganül
• Yiddish: גענדזל n ‎(gendzl)

callow (immature, inexperienced) / foolish, naive young person

• Dutch: domme gans f
• German: Grünschnabel (de) m

• Italian: (female) ochetta f
• Russian: глупы́ш (ru) m ‎(glupýš)

Anagrams

• golgins
• oglings