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Webster 1913 Edition

sapling

sap′ling

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Noun.

A young tree.

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sapling

SAP'LING

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Noun.

[from sap.] A young tree.

Nurse the saplings tall.

Definition 2025

sapling

sapling

English

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)
Bulgarian: фиданка (bg) f ‎(fidànka)
Catalan: plançó m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幼苗 (zh) ‎(yòumiáo), 樹苗 (zh), 树苗 (zh) ‎(shùmiáo)
Dutch: jong boompje
Finnish: taimi (fi)
French: arbuste (fr) m

German: junger Baum m
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, nene (es) m, pive m, jovencito m, joven (es) m, muchacho (es) m, cabro (es) m, chico (es) m, huevón (es) m

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