flageolet

English
Cooked flageolet beans in a bowl.

Etymology

Borrowed from French flageolet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈflæʒəleɪ/, /ˈflæd͡ʒəlɪt/

Noun

flageolet (plural flageolets)

  1. (music) A type of small flute of the fipple family.
  2. (music) A technique for playing stringed instrument that produces high-pitched overtones.
  3. A type of kidney bean, common in France.

Derived terms

Translations

References
  • flageolet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Further reading

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fla.ʒɔ.lɛ/

Etymology 1

From Old French flajol (“flute”) + diminutive -et; probably from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum (“flute”), from Latin flāre (“to blow”).

Noun

flageolet m (plural flageolets)

  1. (music) flageolet (type of small flute)

Etymology 2

From Italian fagiolo (“bean”), from Latin phaseolus (“bean”), diminutive form of phasēlus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλοσ (phásēlos, “bean”).

Noun

flageolet m (plural flageolets)

  1. a type of kidney bean, common in France

Further reading
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