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fledge

/flɛd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
fledge
IPA
/flɛd͡ʒ/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.

Transitive verb

verb

To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.

Intransitive verb

verb

To decorate with feathers.

Transitive verb

verb

To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.

Intransitive verb

adj

Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English flegge, fligge, flygge, from Old English *flyċġe (“able to fly, fledged”) (attested in *unflyċġe, unfligge (“unfledged”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flugi, from Proto-Germanic *flugjaz (“able to fly, fledged”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: Dutch vlug (“fledged, able to fly, nimble, swift”), Low German flügg (“fledged”), German flügge, German flücke (“fledged”), Icelandic fleygur (“able to fly, fledged”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: flegge, *flyċġe, *flugi, *flugjaz, *plewk-

Usage

Inflected Forms

fledges (present, singular) fledging (participle, present) fledged (participle, past) fledged (past) flidge (alternative, dialectal) flig (alternative, dialectal) flish (alternative, dialectal) flitch (alternative, dialectal) flush (alternative, dialectal)

Derived Forms

fledgeless fledgling fledgy postfledging unfledged

Phrases

full-fledged

Frequently Paired Words

fletch fletcher fligger

Synonyms

feather flight

Rhymes With

edge pledge hedge wedge ledge allege sledge dredge sedge eldredge alldredge reg

Questions

How do you pronounce fledge?
The recorded pronunciation is /flɛd͡ʒ/.
What does fledge mean?
To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
Where does fledge come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce fledge

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