flageolet
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French flageolet.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editflageolet (plural flageolets)
- (music) A type of small flute of the fipple family.
- (music) A technique for playing stringed instrument that produces high-pitched overtones.
- A type of small light green kidney-shaped bean, common in France.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edittype of small flute
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References
edit- “flageolet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading
editFrench
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old French flajol (“flute”) + diminutive -et; probably from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum (“flute”), from Latin flāre (“to blow”).
Noun
editflageolet m (plural flageolets)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Italian fagiolo (“bean”), from Latin phaseolus (“bean”), diminutive form of phasēlus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean”).
Noun
editflageolet m (plural flageolets)
- A type of small light green kidney-shaped bean, common in France.
Further reading
edit- “flageolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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