nestling

See also: Nestling

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English nestling, equivalent to nest +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛstlɪŋ/

Noun

nestling (plural nestlings)

1. A small, young bird that is still confined to the nest.

   Synonym: quab

2. (obsolete) A nest; a receptacle.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Translations

small, young bird that is still confined to the nest

• Adyghe: кӏэтжъый (kʼɛtẑəj)
• Arabic: فَرْخ m (farḵ)
• Belarusian: птушаня́ n (ptušanjá)
• Cebuano: kuyabog, pispis
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雛鳥／雏鸟 (zh) (chúniǎo), 雏鸟 (zh) (chúniǎo)

• Czech: ptáče (cs) n
• Finnish: linnunpoikanen
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• French: oisillon (fr) m
• Georgian: ბარტყი (barṭq̇i)
• German: Jungvogel (de) m, Küken (de) n, Nestling m
• Greek:

  Ancient: νεοσσός m (neossós)

• Hungarian: fióka (hu)
• Japanese: 雛鳥 (ひなどり, hinadori), 雛 (ja) (ひな, hina)
• Polish: pisklę (pl) n
• Russian: птене́ц (ru) m (ptenéc), пте́нчик (ru) m (pténčik)
• Ukrainian: пташеня́ n (ptašenjá)
• Volapük: bödül (vo), hibödül m, jibödül f

Etymology 2

From nestle +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛsəlɪŋ/, /ˈnɛslɪŋ/

Verb

nestling

1. present participle of nestle

Noun

nestling (plural nestlings)

1. The act of one who nestles.
   • 1871, Kate Neely Hill Festetits, Actions speak louder than words:

     It was associated, to them, with vague sweet memories of loving nestlings in mother's arms, of soft warm coddlings before the fire, of slow rocking to and fro in the little, low, flag chair, and gradual droppings off to sleep […]

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