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Webster 1913 Edition
Flageolet
Flag′eo-letˊ
,Noun.
[F.
flageolet
, dim. of OF. flaj[GREEK]l
(as if fr. a LL. flautio
;us
), of flaüte
, flahute
, F. fl[GREEK]te
. See Flute
.] (Mus.)
A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.
Flageolet tones
(Mus.)
, the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments.
Definition 2024
flageolet
flageolet
English
Noun
flageolet (plural flageolets)
- (music) A type of small flute of the fipple family.
- A type of kidney bean, common in France.
Derived terms
Translations
type of small flute
References
- flageolet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Etymology 1
From Old French flajol (“flute”) + diminutive -let; probably from Vulgar Latin flabeolum (“flute”), from Latin flare (“to blow”).
Noun
flageolet m (plural flageolets)
Etymology 2
From Italian fagiolo (“bean”), from Latin phaseolus (“bean”), diminutive form of Latin phaselus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλοσ (phásēlos, “bean”).
Noun
flageolet m (plural flageolets)
- A type of kidney bean, common in France.