fingerling
fin·ger·ling/ˈfɪŋɡəɹlɪŋ/noun
fingerling is a noun meaning “A juvenile fish that has developed scales and working fins” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-N-G-E-R-L-I-N-G and has 3 syllables (fin·ger·ling), and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fingerling is fingerlings.
What does fingerling mean?
noun
- 1
A juvenile fish that has developed scales and working fins.
- 2
A type of small potato grown primarily in North America.
- 3
An infant weasel, stoat, ferret; esp. weasels.
- 4
Any finger-sized version of something typically larger.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fingerling?
- UK /ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ/
- US /ˈfɪŋɡəɹlɪŋ/
- /ˈfɪŋəɹlɪŋ/
Fingerling has 3 syllables, split fin·ger·ling in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-fingerling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fingerling
- fingerlings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fingerling?
Fingerling appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fingerling come from?
From Middle English fyngyrlynge, equivalent to finger + -ling, from having the size of a human finger.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).