flageolet

[ flaj-uh-let, -ley ]

/ ˌflædʒ əˈlɛt, -ˈleɪ /

noun

a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.

any fipple flute.

Nearby words

flagellation, flagelliform, flagellin, flagellosis, flagellum, flageolet, flagfish, flagg, flagging, flaggy, flagitious

Origin of flageolet

1650–60; < French, spelling variant of Old French flajolet, equivalent to flajol flute (< Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, derivative of Latin flāre to blow²) + -et -et

Definition for flageolet (2 of 2)

flageolet

[ fla-zhaw-le ]

/ fla ʒɔˈlɛ /

noun, plural fla·geo·lets [fla-zhaw-le] /fla ʒɔˈlɛ/. French.

a green baby lima bean.

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Examples from the Web for flageolet

We have now three instruments; Boehm flageolet, flute, and Bb clarinet; and we expect in a few days our piano.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Here the flageolet tones of the violins produce a most original effect.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
The poor boy was playing the air of a French vaudeville on a pipe or flageolet.
The Black Robe|Wilkie Collins
The old English fipple flute, or flte bec, is described under the headings Recorder and Flageolet.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various

He rammed the flageolet impatiently into his waistcoat, threw back his cloak, and stepped out into the garden.
Doom Castle|Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for flageolet (1 of 2)

flageolet

/ (ˌflædʒəˈlɛt) /

noun

a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes

Word Origin for flageolet

C17: from French, modification of Old French flajolet a little flute, from flajol flute, from Vulgar Latin flabeolum (unattested), from Latin flāre to blow

British Dictionary definitions for flageolet (2 of 2)

flageolet

flageolet bean

/ (ˈflædʒəˌleɪ) /

noun

the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable

Word Origin for flageolet

C19: from French fageolet, from Latin phaseolus bean; perhaps influenced by flageolet 1

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