fledgling
Apparence
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Adjectif
[modifier le wikicode]fledgling \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋ\
- Inexpérimenté, naïf.
- Nouveau, naissant, jeune, émergent.
As a young, fledgling democracy in the 1950s, Germany embraced European integration with a markedly different approach to national sovereignty than that of other large European countries.
— (Keffrey J. Anderson, chapitre 8 (« Germany; Between Unification and Union »), page 171, dans Regional Integration and Democracy: Expanding on the European Experience (sous la direction de Jeffrey J. Anderson). Rowman & Littlefield, 1989.)Their contributions to this fledgling project did not end with their acceptance of the thesis, but continued through all stages of this book’s preparation.
— (Edward M. Komara (compilateur), The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker: A Discography, page XI. Greenwood Press, collection « Discographies » no 76, 1998.)The Dutch played a pivotal role in the fledgling industry. Their ships carried sugar from the colonies to Amsterdam for refining, and to markets in northern Europe.
— (Andrea Stuart, Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire, page 63. Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.)It was late in the summer of 1619 that a ship bearing “not any thing but 20 and odd Negroes” docked at the fledgling port of Point Comfort, Virginia.
— (Ritu Prasad, « The awkward questions about slavery from tourists in US South ». VVC News, 2 octobre 2019.)
Nom commun
[modifier le wikicode]Singulier | Pluriel |
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fledgling \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋ\ |
fledglings \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋz\ |
fledgling \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋ\
- Oisillon.
A fledgling is a young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
- Un oisillon est un jeune oiseau qui vient de développer ses plumes de vol (notamment les ailes).
- Bleu, naïf.
A fledgling is an immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.
- Un bleu est une personne immature, naïve ou inexpérimentée.
Prononciation
[modifier le wikicode]- \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋ\
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Références
[modifier le wikicode]- Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, Springfield (MA), 1913 → consulter cet ouvrage (fledgeling)