flûte

See also: flute and flûté

French

Alternative forms

• flute (1990 spelling reform)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French fleüte, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Occitan flaut

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flyt/

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Noun

flûte f (plural flûtes)

1. (music) flute (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• flûte traversière

Interjection

flûte

1. blow!, drat! (mildly impolite interjection)

   Synonym: zut

Further reading

• “flûte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flyt/

Etymology

From French flûte, from Old French fleüte, from Old Occitan flaut. Doublet of flauto.

Noun

flûte m or f (invariable)

1. flute (type of glass)

   Synonyms: flute, fluttino