flageolet

English

Etymology

From French flageolet.

Noun

flageolet (plural flageolets)

1. (music) A type of small flute.
2. A type of kidney bean, common in France.

Derived terms

• flageoletist

Translations

type of small flute

• Esperanto: flaĝoleto (eo)
• French: flageolet (fr) m
• German: Flageolett (de) n

• Irish: fideog (ga) f, fideog adhmaid (ga) f
• Italian: zufolo (it) m

References

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

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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)

1. flageolet (type of small flute)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

flageolet m (plural flageolets)

1. A type of kidney bean, common in France.