English Explanatory Dictionary

duckling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A young duck.
  2. A young female duck.

Pronunciation

dŭkʹlĭng /ˈdʌklɪŋ/ en-us-duckling.ogg

Word forms

duckling ducklings

Etymology

From Middle English dokeling, dukling, dookelynge (“duckling”), equivalent to duck + -ling.

Synonyms

ducklet

Related words

duck gosling swanling

Derived words

lucky duckling ugly duckling

Translations

Albanian: rikë Basque: ahatekume Belarusian: качаня́ Belarusian: качанё Bulgarian: па́те Bulgarian: па́тенце Carpathian Rusyn: качатко Carpathian Rusyn: каче Carpathian Rusyn: качочка Catalan: aneguet Catalan: anedó Chinese Cantonese: 小鴨子 /小鸭子 Chinese: 鴨咪仔 /鸭咪仔 Chinese: 鴨仔囝 /鸭仔囝 Chinese Mandarin: 小鴨子 /小鸭子 Cornish: heyjik Montagnais: shishipiss Czech: káče Czech: káčátko Danish: ælling Dutch: eendenkuiken Dutch: eendenjong Dutch: eendje Dutch: piel Esperanto: anasido Faroese: dunnuungi Finnish: ankanpoikanen Finnish: sorsanpoikanen French: canardeau French: caneton Galician: parrulo Galician: parruliño German: Entenjunges German: Entenküken German: Entchen German: Entlein German: Jungente German: junge Ente Greek: παπί Greek: παπάκι Hebrew: ברווזון \ בַּרְוָזוֹן Hungarian: kiskacsa Icelandic: andarungi Ido: anadyuno Indonesian: itik Irish: lachín Irish: éan lachan Italian: anatroccolo Italian: anatrella Korean: 오리 새끼 Latin: anaticula Latvian: pīlēns Lithuanian: ančiukas Macedonian: пајче Macedonian: патче Macedonian: бибе Malay: anak itik Māori: pī rakiraki Classical Nahuatl: canauhconētl Classical Nahuatl: canauhconētōntli Norman: cannot Norwegian Bokmål: andunge Norwegian Nynorsk: andunge Occitan: guiton Occitan: anedon Occitan: riton
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