sapling

English

Etymology

sap +‎ -ling

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsæplɪŋ/

Noun

sapling (plural saplings)

A young tree, but bigger than a seedling.
(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
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ὄρπηξ m (órpēx)
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

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