fagot

See also: fagòt

English

Alternative forms

• faggot

Etymology

Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfæɡ.ət/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æɡət
• Homophone: faggot

Noun

fagot (plural fagots)

1. Alternative form of faggot (“bundle of sticks for fuel”)
   • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     What fool hath added water to the sea, / Or brought a fagot to bright-burning Troy?

   • 1856, Q. K. Philander Doesticks, Plu-ri-bus-tah, page 59:

     "Give the red man Goss!" she told him; / "Drive him westward from the forest, […] / Chase him west, with fire and fagot, / Give him Goss! for he's no business, / Business none, to be an Injun."

2. Alternative form of faggot (“bundle of iron or steel”)
3. (music, obsolete) A fagotto, or bassoon.
4. (UK, Ireland, obsolete) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company [18th century].

Derived terms

• fagoter
• sap fagot

Verb

fagot (third-person singular simple present fagots, present participle fagoting, simple past and past participle fagoted)

1. (transitive) To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.
   • 1681, [John Dryden], Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. […], 3rd edition, London: […] J[acob] T[onson] and are to be sold by W. Davis […], published 1682, →OCLC:

     He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, / But fagoted his notions as they fell

Anagrams

• TOGAF

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈɣɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈɣɔt]
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

fagot m (plural fagots)

1. bassoon (wind instrument)

Derived terms

• fagotista

References

• “fagot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfaɡot]

Noun

fagot m inan

1. bassoon (musical instrument)

Declension

Declension of fagot (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	fagot	fagoty
genitive	fagotu	fagotů
dative	fagotu	fagotům
accusative	fagot	fagoty
vocative	fagote	fagoty
locative	fagotu	fagotech
instrumental	fagotem	fagoty

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot, from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faɡɔt/, [faˈɡ̊ʌd̥], [fɑˈɡ̊ʌd̥]

Noun

fagot c (singular definite fagotten, plural indefinite fagotter)

1. bassoon (musical instrument in the woodwind family)

Declension

Declension of fagot

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fagot	fagotten	fagotter	fagotterne
genitive	fagots	fagottens	fagotters	fagotternes

References

• “fagot” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fagotto. Later borrowed again from German Fagott. The theory that the name derives from a faggot of stick in reference to the way the parts of a bassoon are stored is a pseudo-etymology.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /faːˈɣɔt/
• Hyphenation: fa‧got
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

fagot m (plural fagotten, diminutive fagotje n)

1. bassoon

Derived terms

• basfagot
• fagotspeler
• fagottist

Descendants

• → Indonesian: fagot

Further reading

• “fagot” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fagot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ɡo/

• Audio:

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Noun

fagot m (plural fagots)

1. fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)

Derived terms

• de derrière les fagots
• sentir le fagot

Further reading

• “fagot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fagot, from Italian fagotto. So called from being divided into parts for ease of carrying, making it a sort of small bundle or fagot.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɡɔt/ [ˈfa.ɡɔt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -aɡɔt
• Syllabification: fa‧got

Noun

fagot (plural fagot-fagot)

1. bassoon (musical instrument in the woodwind family)

Further reading

• “fagot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

dwa fagota

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fagott, from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɡɔt/

Noun

fagot m inan

1. (music) bassoon

Declension

Declension of fagot

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fagot	fagota	fagoty
Genitive	fagota	fagotowu	fagotow
Dative	fagotoju	fagotoma	fagotam
Accusative	fagot	fagota	fagoty
Instrumental	fagotom	fagotoma	fagotami
Locative	fagośe	fagotoma	fagotach

Middle English

Alternative forms

• faggett, faget, ffagott, fakett, fagett

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fagot; further etymology is disputed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɡɔt/, /ˈfaɡət/, /ˈfakət/

Noun

fagot (plural fagotes)

1. A piece of wood for burning; firewood.
2. A faggot or bavin (bundled sticks of wood)

Descendants

• English: faggot, fagot
• Scots: faggot
• Yola: fagoghes (plural)

References

• “fagot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-1.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fagot.

Noun

fagot m (plural fagots)

1. fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin and Italian fagotto.

Noun

fagot oblique singular, m (oblique plural fagoz or fagotz, nominative singular fagoz or fagotz, nominative plural fagot)

1. fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fagot, supplement)
• fagot on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Polish

dwa fagoty

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɡɔt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡɔt
• Syllabification: fa‧got

Noun

fagot m inan

1. (music) bassoon

Declension

Declension of fagot

	singular	plural
nominative	fagot	fagoty
genitive	fagotu	fagotów
dative	fagotowi	fagotom
accusative	fagot	fagoty
instrumental	fagotem	fagotami
locative	fagocie	fagotach
vocative	fagocie	fagoty

Related terms

• fagocista
• fagocistka
• fagotowy

 

Further reading

• fagot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fagot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɡot/

Noun

fagot n (plural fagoturi)

1. bassoon (reed instrument)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fagot	fagotul		fagoturi	fagoturile
genitive-dative	fagot	fagotului		fagoturi	fagoturilor
vocative	fagotule			fagoturilor

References

• fagot in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Noun

fàgot m (Cyrillic spelling фа̀гот)

1. bassoon

Declension

Declension of fagot

	singular	plural
nominative	fagot	fagoti
genitive	fagota	fagota
dative	fagotu	fagotima
accusative	fagot	fagote
vocative	fagote	fagoti
locative	fagotu	fagotima
instrumental	fagotom	fagotima

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɡɔt/

Noun

fagot m inan (genitive singular fagotu, nominative plural fagoty, genitive plural fagotov, declension pattern of dub)

1. (music) bassoon

Declension

Declension of fagot

	singular	plural
nominative	fagot	fagoty
genitive	fagotu	fagotov
dative	fagotu	fagotom
accusative	fagot	fagoty
locative	fagote	fagotoch
instrumental	fagotom	fagotmi

Further reading

• “fagot”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faɡóːt/

Noun

fagọ̑t m inan

1. (music) bassoon (musical instrument in the woodwind family)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	fagót
gen. sing.	fagóta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	fagót	fagóta	fagóti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	fagóta	fagótov	fagótov
dative (dajȃlnik)	fagótu	fagótoma	fagótom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	fagót	fagóta	fagóte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	fagótu	fagótih	fagótih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	fagótom	fagótoma	fagóti

Further reading

• “fagot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɡot/ [faˈɣ̞ot̪]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: fa‧got

Noun

fagot m (plural fagots or fagotes)

1. (music) bassoon

Derived terms

• fagotista

 

Further reading

• “fagot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɑˈɡot]

Noun

fagot (definite accusative fagotu, plural fagotlar)

1. bassoon (reed instrument)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	fagot
Definite accusative	fagotu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fagot	fagotlar
Definite accusative	fagotu	fagotları
Dative	fagota	fagotlara
Locative	fagotta	fagotlarda
Ablative	fagottan	fagotlardan
Genitive	fagotun	fagotların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular fagotum fagotlarım 2nd singular fagotun fagotların 3rd singular fagotu fagotları 1st plural fagotumuz fagotlarımız 2nd plural fagotunuz fagotlarınız 3rd plural fagotları fagotları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular fagotumu fagotlarımı 2nd singular fagotunu fagotlarını 3rd singular fagotunu fagotlarını 1st plural fagotumuzu fagotlarımızı 2nd plural fagotunuzu fagotlarınızı 3rd plural fagotlarını fagotlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular fagotuma fagotlarıma 2nd singular fagotuna fagotlarına 3rd singular fagotuna fagotlarına 1st plural fagotumuza fagotlarımıza 2nd plural fagotunuza fagotlarınıza 3rd plural fagotlarına fagotlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular fagotumda fagotlarımda 2nd singular fagotunda fagotlarında 3rd singular fagotunda fagotlarında 1st plural fagotumuzda fagotlarımızda 2nd plural fagotunuzda fagotlarınızda 3rd plural fagotlarında fagotlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular fagotumdan fagotlarımdan 2nd singular fagotundan fagotlarından 3rd singular fagotundan fagotlarından 1st plural fagotumuzdan fagotlarımızdan 2nd plural fagotunuzdan fagotlarınızdan 3rd plural fagotlarından fagotlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular fagotumun fagotlarımın 2nd singular fagotunun fagotlarının 3rd singular fagotunun fagotlarının 1st plural fagotumuzun fagotlarımızın 2nd plural fagotunuzun fagotlarınızın 3rd plural fagotlarının fagotlarının

Uzbek

Noun

fagot (plural fagotlar)

1. bassoon (reed instrument)