flageolet

¹ American  

[flaj-uh-let, -ley] / ˌflædʒ əˈlɛt, -ˈleɪ /

noun

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

2. any fipple flute.

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flageolet ² American  

[fla-zhaw-le] / fla ʒɔˈlɛ /

noun

French.

flageolets plural

1. a green baby lima bean.

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flageolet ¹ British  

/ ˌflædʒəˈlɛt /

noun

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

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flageolet ² British  

/ ˈflædʒəˌleɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• flageolets
  plural

Etymology

Origin of flageolet

1650–60; < French, spelling variant of Old French flajolet, equivalent to flajol flute (< Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, derivative of Latin flāre to blow ² ) + -et -et

Example Sentences

There is a story of some great conductor of a musical festival suddenly throwing up his baton, and stopping the performance, crying, "Flageolet!"

From Making the Most of Life by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)

The tone is the true flute tone, brilliant and sympathetic.54 The old English fipple flute, or fl�te � bec, is described under the headings Recorder and Flageolet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Du Vall takes the Hint, plays also, and excellently well, upon a Flageolet of his own, and in this Posture he rides up to the Coachside.

From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

The Red Flageolet yields abundantly; and the young pods are not only of good size, but remarkably crisp and tender.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing

We have "Flageolet Fritters and Cabbage," or "Parsnip Pie with grilled Potatoes"—both very nice.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir