flaut

Friulian

Noun

flaut m (plural flauts)

1. flute

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

flaut

1. neuter singular of flau

Etymology 2

Verb

flaut

1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of flyte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

flaut

1. past tense of flyta

Old Norse

Verb

flaut

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of fljóta

Old Occitan

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of flaujol (“flageolet”) + laüt (“lute”). The first element is probably from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum (“flute”), from Latin flāre (“to blow”).

Noun

flaut f (oblique plural flauts, nominative singular flaut, nominative plural flauts)

1. flute (musical instrument)

Descendants

• Occitan: flaüta
  • → Asturian: flauta
  • → Catalan: flauta
  • → Italian: flauto (see there for further descendants)
  • → Portuguese: flauta
  • → Spanish: flauta (see there for further descendants)
• → Old French: fleute (see there for further descendants)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian flauto, from Old Occitan flaüt.

Noun

flaut n (plural flaute)

1. flute

Declension

Declension of flaut

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) flaut	flautul	(niște) flaute	flautele
genitive/dative	(unui) flaut	flautului	(unor) flaute	flautelor
vocative	flautule		flautelor

Related terms

• flautist

See also

• fluier

Further reading

• flaut in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)