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.

PLURAL

flageolets

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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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

Once, when he had come on Alan unawares, he heard him playing the flageolet.

From Literature

It was in September, so all the ingredients were in season: courgettes, tomatoes, green beans, peas, basil, flageolets – and loads of garlic.

From The Guardian

In France, dried flageolet beans, small and pale green, are a common accompaniment, or fat dried white coco beans.

From New York Times

After playing the mouth harp, Borodovsky says he thinks it sounds like a flageolet, a Renaissance-era instrument similar to a flute.

From National Geographic

Having spun on a rotisserie under a coat of herbs, it is carved off in long strips, like shawarma, and draped over very soft flageolets.

From New York Times