The fledgling producers could hardly be regarded as nonentities any longer (New Yorker).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
fledge — fledge·less; fledge; fledge·ling; … English syllables
ling — buck·ling; car·ling; change·ling; cod·ling; crack·ling; dark·ling; dar·ling; east·er·ling; flat·ling; half·ling; scant·ling; seed·ling; shil·ling; sib·ling; side·ling; star·ling; ster·ling; suck·ling; un·der·ling; weak·ling; wean·ling;… … English syllables
fledg|ling — or fledge|ling «FLEHJ lihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a young bird just able to fly. 2. Figurative. a young, inexperienced person. –adj. just beginning; inexperienced or new: »The fledgling producers could hardly be regarded as nonentities any… … Useful english dictionary
fledgeling — fledge·ling … English syllables
Hard and soft G — A hard g vs. a soft g is a feature that occurs in many languages, including English, in which two distinct major sounds (phonemes) are represented by the Latin letter g . A hard g is typically (but not always) pronounced as a voiced plosive,… … Wikipedia
fledgling — n. (also fledgeling) 1 a young bird. 2 an inexperienced person. Etymology: FLEDGE + LING(1) … Useful english dictionary
fledgling — 1830 (adj.), 1846 as a noun meaning young bird, from FLEDGE (Cf. fledge) + dim. suffix LING (Cf. ling). Of persons, from 1856 … Etymology dictionary
Nisei Week — and Nisei Week Foundation s logo Nisei Week (二世週祭, Nisei shū Matsuri?) is an annual festival celebrating Japanese American (JA) cul … Wikipedia
fledgling — /flej ling/, n. 1. a young bird just fledged. 2. an inexperienced person. adj. 3. young, new, or inexperienced: a fledgling diver. Also, esp. Brit., fledgeling. [1820 30; FLEDGE + LING1] Syn. 2. novice, tyro, beginner, freshman, greenhorn. * * * … Universalium
