nestling

nestling

See also: Nestling

English

Etymology 1

Three nestlings.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛstlɪŋ/

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Noun

nestling (plural nestlings)

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

   Synonym: quab

2. (obsolete) A nest; a receptacle.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], OCLC 932932554:

     the secrecies of the passages, and the seats or nestlings of the humours

Translations

small, young bird that is still confined to the nest

Adyghe: кӏэтжъый (kʼetẑəj) Arabic: فَرْخ‎ m (farḵ) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: птушаня́ n (ptušanjá) Bulgarian: голишарче n (golišarče) Cebuano: kuyabog, pispis Chinese: Mandarin: 雛鳥／雏鸟 (zh) (chúniǎo) Czech: ptáče (cs) n Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: linnunpoikanen French: oisillon (fr) m Galician: paxariño m Georgian: ბარტყი (barṭq̇i) German: Jungvogel (de) m, Küken (de) n, Nestling m Greek: Ancient: νεοσσός m (neossós) Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: fióka (hu) Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Irish: gearrcach m Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 雛鳥 (ひなどり, hinadori), 雛 (ja) (ひな, hina) Khmer: កូនបក្សី (koun baksəy) Korean: please add this translation if you can Ojibwe: banajaanh Polish: pisklę (pl) n Russian: птене́ц (ru) m (ptenéc), пте́нчик (ru) m (pténčik) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: пташеня́ n (ptašenjá) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Volapük: bödül (vo), hibödül m, jibödül f

Etymology 2

From nestle +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛsəlɪŋ/, /ˈnɛslɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛslɪŋ

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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