fagot
English
Alternative forms
Noun
fagot (plural fagots)
- Alternative form of faggot
- c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:
- What fool hath added water to the sea, / Or brought a fagot to bright-burning Troy?
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- A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.
- (music, obsolete) A fagotto, or bassoon.
- (UK, obsolete) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company [18th century].
Derived terms
Verb
fagot (third-person singular simple present fagots, present participle fagoting, simple past and past participle fagoted)
- (transitive) To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.
- 1681, [John Dryden], Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. […], 3rd edition, London: […] J[acob] T[onson] and are to be sold by W. Davis […], published 1682, OCLC 228727437:
- He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, / But fagoted his notions as they fell
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Catalan
References
- “fagot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [faɡɔt]
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faɡɔt/, [faˈɡ̊ʌd̥], [fɑˈɡ̊ʌd̥]
Noun
fagot c (singular definite fagotten, plural indefinite fagotter)
- bassoon (musical instrument in the woodwind family)
Declension
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fagot | fagotten | fagotter | fagotterne |
genitive | fagots | fagottens | fagotters | fagotternes |
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fagotto. Later borrowed again from German Fagott. The theory that the name derives from a faggot of stick in reference to the way the parts of a bassoon are stored is a pseudo-etymology. [1]
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /faːˈɣɔt/
- Hyphenation: fa‧got
- Rhymes: -ɔt
Derived terms
- basfagot
- fagotspeler
- fagottist
References
- Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Further reading
- “fagot” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French
Etymology
From Middle French fagot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.ɡo/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fagot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈɡɔt/
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fagot; further etymology is disputed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaɡɔt/, /ˈfaɡət/, /ˈfakət/
Noun
fagot (plural fagotes)
References
- “fagot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-1.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fagot.
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin and Italian fagotto.
Noun
fagot m (oblique plural fagoz or fagotz, nominative singular fagoz or fagotz, nominative plural fagot)
- fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fagot, supplement)
- fagot on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Polish
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Etymology
Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɡɔt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɡɔt
- Syllabification: fa‧got
Declension
Related terms
- fagocista
- fagocistka
- fagotowy
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈɡot/
Declension
References
- fagot in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Slovak
Etymology
From French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaɡɔt/
Noun
fagot m (genitive singular fagotu, nominative plural fagoty, genitive plural fagotov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faɡóːt/
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | fagót | ||
gen. sing. | fagóta | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
fagót | fagóta | fagóti |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
fagóta | fagótov | fagótov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
fagótu | fagótoma | fagótom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
fagót | fagóta | fagóte |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
fagótu | fagótih | fagótih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
fagótom | fagótoma | fagóti |
Further reading
- “fagot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
From French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈɡot/ [faˈɣ̞ot̪]
- Rhymes: -ot
- Syllabification: fa‧got
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fagot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɑˈɡot]
Declension
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Nominative | fagot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | fagotu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | fagot | fagotlar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | fagotu | fagotları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | fagota | fagotlara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | fagotta | fagotlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | fagottan | fagotlardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | fagotun | fagotların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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