sapling

English

Etymology

sap +‎ -ling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæplɪŋ/

Noun

sapling (plural saplings)

1. A young tree, but bigger than a seedling.
2. (figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.

Translations

young tree

• Arabic: شَتْلَة‎ f (šatla)
• Armenian: տունկ (hy) (tunk), տնկի (hy) (tnki)
• Assamese: পুলি (puli)
• Bulgarian: фиданка (bg) f (fidànka)
• Burmese: ပင်ထောင် (my) (panghtaung)
• Catalan: plançó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幼苗 (zh) (yòumiáo), 樹苗 (zh), 树苗 (zh) (shùmiáo)

• Dutch: jong boompje
• Finnish: taimi (fi)
• French: arbrisseau (fr) m

• Galician: rebolo (gl) m
• German: junger Baum m
• Italian: virgulto (it), alberello m
• Japanese: 若木 (わかぎ, wakagi)
• Maori: māhuri, kāhō, kōhuri, kōhurihuri
• Persian: نهال‎ (fa) (nahâl)
• Russian: де́ревце (ru) n (dérevce), са́женец (ru) m (sáženec)
• Scottish Gaelic: ògan m
• Spanish: pimpollo (es) m, virgulto, arborelo, saviolo m
• Vietnamese: cây nhỏ

youth

• Dutch: jongeling (nl)
• Finnish: ihmistaimi (fi)
• German: grüner Junge m, Grünschnabel (de) m, Jüngling (de) m
• Japanese: 若者 (ja) (わかもの, wakamono)

• Russian: ю́ноша (ru) m (júnoša), юне́ц (ru) m (junéc)
• Scottish Gaelic: ògan m
• Spanish: pimpollo (es) m, jovencito m, joven (es) m, muchacho (es) m

Anagrams

• Galpins, lapsing, palings, spaling