gosling

See also: Gosling

English

Two geese with four goslings.

From Late Middle English gosling, goselyng (“gosling”), alteration (due to Middle English goos, gose (“goose”)) of earlier gesling (“gosling”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse gæsling, géslingr (“gosling”), from gás (“goose”) + -lingr (“-ling”), equivalent to goose +‎ -ling. Cognate with Danish gæsling (“gosling”), Swedish gässling (“gosling”). Compare also Low German gossel, gössel (“gosling”), German Gänslein (“gosling”).

gosling (plural goslings)

A young goose.
A callow (immature, inexperienced) / foolish, naive, young person.
(dated) A catkin on nut trees and pines.
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young goose

Bulgarian: гъсе n (gǎse)
Cornish: godhik m
Czech: house (cs) n
Dutch: gansje (nl) n, ganzenjong n
Erzya: люляка (ljuljaka)
Esperanto: anserido
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hanhenpoikanen, hanhenpoika
French: oison (fr) m, oiselet (fr) m (literary)
German: Gänseküken n, Gänslein n, Gänschen n, (North German) Gössel (de) n, junge Gans f
Hebrew: אווזון‎‎
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Irish: góislín m, éan gé m
Italian: ochetto m, ochetta f, papero (it) m, papera (it) f, (diminutive) paperino m, (diminutive) paperina f
Korean: 새끼거위 (saekkigeowi)
Lithuanian: žąsiukas (lt) m

callow (immature, inexperienced) / foolish, naive young person

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