fledgling

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Dérivé de fledge, avec le suffixe -ing.

Inexpérimenté, naïf.
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.)

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

fledgling \ˈflɛdʒ.lɪŋ\

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).
Bleu, naïf.
- A fledgling is an immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.
  Un bleu est une personne immature, naïve ou inexpérimentée.