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Cooked flageolet beans in a bowl.

Etymology

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Borrowed from French flageolet.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflæʒəleɪ/, /ˈflæd͡ʒəlɪt/

Noun

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flageolet (plural flageolets)

  1. (music) A type of small flute of the fipple family.
  2. (music) A technique for playing stringed instrument that produces high-pitched overtones.
  3. A type of small light green kidney-shaped bean, common in France.

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French

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Etymology 1

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From Old French flajol (flute) + diminutive -et; probably from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum (flute), from Latin flāre (to blow).

Noun

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flageolet m (plural flageolets)

  1. (music) flageolet (type of small flute)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian fagiolo (bean), from Latin phaseolus (bean), diminutive form of phasēlus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, bean).

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flageolet m (plural flageolets)

  1. A type of small light green kidney-shaped bean, common in France.

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