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

flageolet

²

/ ˌflædʒəˈlɛt /

noun

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

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

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

Example Sentences

Ahmed Suliman, who runs his namesake cafe, serves a Middle Eastern menu of cabbage rolls, flageolet bean stews and chicken hindquarter with shatta and garlic sauce.

From Seattle Times

Cannellini, flageolet or haricot beans will work instead of the borlotti.

From The Guardian

Canned flageolet, haricot or cannellini will work here, but lack the mealy, butteriness of big fat butter beans.

From The Guardian

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

From Literature

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

From New York Times