Dictionary - Definition of FINGERLING

Definition: FINGERLING


Part of Speech	Definition
Adjective	1. Being short. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb fingerlingly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form (fingerlingly)	1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fingerling.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun	1. A young or small fish.[Wordnet] 2. A young salmon.[Websters].
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.		Top

"Fingerling" is a common misspelling or typo for: fingerlings.

Date "Fingerling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: FINGERLING

Domain	Definition
Geology	Young fish, usually in its first or second year and generally between 2 and 25 centimeters long. (Compare fry and parr.). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

Extended Definition: FINGERLING

Fingerling

This page refers to the fictional character. For the potato variety, see Potato.

Fingerling (Pinkeltje in Dutch) is a fictional character who appears in 29 books by Dutch author Dick Laan (1894-1973) and one book from the movie where stories were rewritten by Harrie Geelen. Fingerling is a Tom Thumb-sized man who has enormous adventures in a collection of children's stories that span over 30 years. His first appearance was in The Adventures of Fingerling (1939). Since its first publication Fingerling has sold over 3 million copies and has been translated into more than 5 different languages. 211 short stories were published in the Dutch ladies magazine Libelle. In 1978 a feature length movie was released named Pinkeltje. More recently this character has several references in the Jim Carrey movie The Number 23.

References

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Fingerling". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: FINGERLING
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Fingerling	3	Fingerling	3
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: FINGERLING

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian	rybka (fingerling, fishlet, tiddler), plůdek (fingerling, fruitlet), mladá ryba (fingerling), výněť (fingerling). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese	cria desenvolvida (fingerling). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish	lille fisk (fingerling). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai	ลูกปลาตัวเล็ก (fingerling). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina	rybka (fingerling, fishlet, tiddler), plůdek (fingerling, fruitlet), mladá ryba (fingerling), výněť (fingerling). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified	鱼秧 (fingerling), 小东西 (pinhead, fingerling, shorty, dot), 极小之物 (fingerling, thumbnail), 手指 (finger, fingers, fingered, fingering, fingerling), 小鱼 (fingerling). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional	小東西 (fingerling, pinhead, fry, pocket-handkerchief). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech	rybka (fingerling, fishlet, tiddler), plůdek (fingerling, fruitlet), mladá ryba (fingerling), výněť (fingerling). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish	lille fisk (fingerling). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk	lille fisk (fingerling). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari	ماهی آزاد (fingerling, salmon), چيز كوچك و بي اهميت (fingerling), چيز كوچك و بى اهميت (fingerling). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch	vingerlange pootvis (fingerling). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish	kalanpoikanen (fry, fries, fingerling). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Français	estivaux (Autumn fry, fingerling, summerling), parr (fingerling), Alevins (fingerling), alevin (fry, fingerling), étang de premier été (fingerling pond). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
French	estivaux (Autumn fry, fingerling, summerling), parr (fingerling), Alevins (fingerling), alevin (fry, fingerling), étang de premier été (fingerling pond). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal	작은 물고기 (tiddler, small fry, minnow, fingerling), 물고기새끼 (fingerling), 극히 작은 것 (fingerling), 작은 고기 (fingerling), 매우 작은 것 (fingerling), 치어 (fry, fingerling, young of fishes, alevin), 연어·송어 새끼 (fingerling). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua	작은 물고기 (tiddler, small fry, minnow, fingerling), 물고기새끼 (fingerling), 극히 작은 것 (fingerling), 작은 고기 (fingerling), 매우 작은 것 (fingerling), 치어 (fry, fingerling, young of fishes, alevin), 연어·송어 새끼 (fingerling). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew	אצבעוני (fingerling, midget), דָּגִיג (brit, fingerling). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian	piccolo salmone (pink, fingerling), pesciolino (minnow, fingerling, fishlet, tiddler), oggetto minuscolo (fingerling, mite). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit	אצבעוני (fingerling, midget), דָּגִיג (brit, fingerling). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	小魚 (fry, small fish, fingerling, fingerlings, gudgeon), 非常に小さいもの (fingerling). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean	작은 물고기 (tiddler, small fry, minnow, fingerling), 물고기새끼 (fingerling), 극히 작은 것 (fingerling), 작은 고기 (fingerling), 매우 작은 것 (fingerling), 치어 (fry, fingerling, young of fishes, alevin), 연어·송어 새끼 (fingerling). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi	ماهی آزاد (fingerling, salmon), چيز كوچك و بي اهميت (fingerling), چيز كوچك و بى اهميت (fingerling). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian	ماهی آزاد (fingerling, salmon), چيز كوچك و بي اهميت (fingerling), چيز كوچك و بى اهميت (fingerling). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi)	ماهی آزاد (fingerling, salmon), چيز كوچك و بي اهميت (fingerling), چيز كوچك و بى اهميت (fingerling). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese	cria desenvolvida (fingerling). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi	fiskyngel (fry, spawn, fingerling). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese	ลูกปลาตัวเล็ก (fingerling). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland	lille fisk (fingerling). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish	cría desarrollada (fingerling). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai	ลูกปลาตัวเล็ก (fingerling). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea	kalanpoikanen (fry, fries, fingerling). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi	kalanpoikanen (fry, fries, fingerling). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska	fiskyngel (fry, spawn, fingerling). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish	fiskyngel (fry, spawn, fingerling). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai	ลูกปลาตัวเล็ก (fingerling). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang	ลูกปลาตัวเล็ก (fingerling). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish	küçük balık (fingerling, tiddler). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, fingerling. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).		Top

Language	Translations for “fingerling” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag	fathagingathagerlathaging (fingerling). Additional references: Athag, fingerling. (volunteer)
Double Dutch	fagingagerlaging (fingerling). Additional references: Double Dutch, fingerling. (volunteer)
Leet	\|º\|-\|¦/\/&&\|2#¦/\/& (fingerling). Additional references: Leet, fingerling. (volunteer)
Oppish	fopingoperloping (fingerling). Additional references: Oppish, fingerling. (volunteer)
Pig Latin	ingerlingfay (fingerling). Additional references: Pig Latin, fingerling. (volunteer)
Terran B	criaynu (fingerling). Additional references: Terran B, fingerling. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi	fubinguberlubing (fingerling). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, fingerling. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor.		Top