flageolet

1
[ flaj-uh-let, -ley ]

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

  2. any fipple flute.

Origin of flageolet

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

Words Nearby flageolet

Other definitions for flageolet (2 of 2)

flageolet2
[ fla-zhaw-le ]

noun,plural fla·geo·lets [fla-zhaw-le]. /fla ʒɔˈlɛ/. French.
  1. a green baby lima bean.

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How to use flageolet in a sentence

  • Julian could only bow obedience, and follow Empson, who was the same person that played so rarely on the flageolet.

    Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter Scott
  • He played extremely well on the Northumberland bagpipe, and his neighbour was a good performer on the flageolet.

    Wanderings in South America | Charles Waterton
  • Now the tale tells how Dom Manuel sat at the feet of the image and played upon a flageolet.

    Figures of Earth | James Branch Cabell
  • Does the young man accompany himself on the flageolet when he sings?

  • A beggar sings, looks piteously, plays his flageolet or harp, but never asks for money!

    Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for flageolet (1 of 2)

flageolet1

/ (ˌflædʒəˈlɛt) /


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

Origin of flageolet

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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)

flageolet2

flageolet bean

/ (ˈflædʒəˌleɪ) /


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

Origin of flageolet

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

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