sapling

English

Etymology

From Middle English sapplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæplɪŋ/

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Noun

sapling (plural saplings)

1. A young tree, 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: фида́нка (bg) f (fidánka)
• Burmese: ပင်ထောင် (my) (panghtaung)
• Catalan: plançó (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: jong boompje
• Esperanto: arbido
• Finnish: taimi (fi)
• French: arbrisseau (fr) m
• Galician: rebolo (gl) m
• German: junger Baum m, Setzling (de) m, Steckling (de) m, Schössling (de) m, Jungbaum m, Fechser (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὄρπηξ m (órpēx)

• Indonesian: bibit (id)
• Ingrian: taimi
• Irish: crann óg m, buinneán (ga) m
• Italian: virgulto (it), alberello m
• Japanese: 若木 (ja) (わかぎ, wakagi)
• Latin: arbuscula f
• Maori: māhuri, kāhō, kōhuri, kōhurihuri
• Middle English: sapplyng
• Persian: نهال (fa) (nahâl)
• Russian: де́ревце (ru) n (dérevce), са́женец (ru) m (sáženec)
• Scottish Gaelic: ògan m
• Serbo-Croatian: sadnica (sh) f, drvce (sh) n
• Spanish: pimpollo (es) m, plantón m, virgulto (dated)
• Turkish: fidan (tr)
• Turkmen: nahal
• Vietnamese: cây nhỏ

youth

• Bulgarian: младеж (bg) m (mladež)
• Dutch: jongeling (nl)
• Finnish: ihmistaimi (fi)
• Galician: mozo (gl) m
• 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 (es) m, joven (es) m, muchacho (es) m

Anagrams

• Galpins, lapsing, palings, salping-, spaling

Middle English

Noun

sapling

1. Alternative form of sapplyng