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flageolet
1[ flaj-uh-let, -ley ]
noun
- a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
- any fipple flute.
flageolet
2[ fla-zhaw-le ]
noun
, French.
, plural fla·geo·lets [fl, a, -zhaw-, le].
- a green baby lima bean.
flageolet
1/ ˈflædʒəˌleɪ /
noun
- the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
flageolet
2/ ˌflædʒəˈlɛt /
noun
- a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flageolet1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flageolet1
C19: from French fageolet, from Latin phaseolus bean; perhaps influenced by flageolet 1
Origin of flageolet2
C17: from French, modification of Old French flajolet a little flute, from flajol flute, from Vulgar Latin flabeolum (unattested), from Latin flāre to blow
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Example Sentences
Julian could only bow obedience, and follow Empson, who was the same person that played so rarely on the flageolet.
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He played extremely well on the Northumberland bagpipe, and his neighbour was a good performer on the flageolet.
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Now the tale tells how Dom Manuel sat at the feet of the image and played upon a flageolet.
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Does the young man accompany himself on the flageolet when he sings?
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A beggar sings, looks piteously, plays his flageolet or harp, but never asks for money!
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