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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sukling, sukeling, sokeling, equivalent to suck + -ling. Cognate with Middle Dutch sogelinc (“suckling”), Dutch zuigeling (“suckling”), German Säugling (“suckling”).
Noun
suckling (plural sucklings)
- An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
- A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.
Related terms
Translations
infant that is still breastfeeding
young mammal which isn't weaned yet
- Bulgarian: сукалче (bg) n (sukalče)
- French: nourrisson (fr) m
- German: Milchkalb n (calf), Spanferkel (de) n (piglet)
- Macedonian: цицалче n (cicalče)
- Romanian: sugar (ro) m
- Russian: сосуно́к (ru) m (sosunók), сосу́н (ru) m (sosún)
- Spanish: mamantón (es) (adj.)
- Volapük: (♂♀) sügäb (vo) (any mammal), (♂) hisügäb, (♀) jisügäb, (♂♀) sugäb, (calf, ♂♀) sugabubül, (lamb, ♂♀) sugajipül, (piglet, ♂♀) sugasvinül (vo)
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Etymology 2
From suckle + -ing.
Verb
suckling
- present participle and gerund of suckle
Noun
suckling (plural sucklings)
- The act of suckling.
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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