fledgling

Anglais

Étymologie

Dérivé de fledge, avec le suffixe -ing.

Adjectif

fledgling \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋ\

1. Inexpérimenté, naïf.
2. 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 » n^o 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

Singulier	Pluriel
fledgling \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋ\	fledglings \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋz\

fledgling \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋ\

1. 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).

2. Bleu, naïf.
   • A fledgling is an immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.

     Un bleu est une personne immature, naïve ou inexpérimentée.

Prononciation

• \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋ\
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