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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.


flageolet

2

[ fla-zhaw-le ]

noun

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

flageolet

1

/ ˈflædʒəˌleɪ /

noun

  1. the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


flageolet

2

/ ˌflædʒəˈlɛt /

noun

  1. a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flageolet1

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
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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.

He played extremely well on the Northumberland bagpipe, and his neighbour was a good performer on the flageolet.

Now the tale tells how Dom Manuel sat at the feet of the image and played upon a flageolet.

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!

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