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

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