flauta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish flauta, with same meaning, because of its shape, resembling a flute. Doublet of flute and fluyt.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflaʊ̯tə/, [ˈflaʊ̯tʰə]

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈflaʊ̯tə/, [ˈflaʊ̯ɾə]
• Rhymes: -aʊtə
• Hyphenation: flau‧ta

Noun

flauta (plural flautas)

1. A type of fried cylindrical tortilla or taco.

Further reading

• flauta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Etymology

From Occitan and Old Occitan flaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflau̯ta/ [ˈflau̯.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -au̯ta
• Syllabification: flau‧ta

Noun

flauta f (plural flautes)

1. (music) flute (woodwind instrument)

Further reading

• “flauta”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “flauta”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan flauta, of uncertain origin. Cf. English flute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈflaw.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈflaw.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

flauta f (plural flautes)

1. flute

Derived terms

• flautí
• flautista

Further reading

• “flauta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “flauta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “flauta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “flauta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.

Verb

flauta (present flautur, plural flaute, preterite flaut, plural flutu, supine fluti)

1. to float

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflœiːta]

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• IPA^(key): [ˈflœiːtʰa] (northern Iceland)

  • Audio:

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• Rhymes: -øyːta
• Hyphenation: flau‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish fløjte.

Noun

flauta f (genitive singular flautu, nominative plural flautur)

1. flute
2. whistle
3. horn (of a car)

Declension

Declension of flauta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flauta	flautan	flautur	flauturnar
accusative	flautu	flautuna	flautur	flauturnar
dative	flautu	flautunni	flautum	flautunum
genitive	flautu	flautunnar	flautna, flauta	flautnanna, flautanna

Synonyms

• blístra

Derived terms

• bílflauta
• blokkflauta
• flautuleikari
• skipsflauta
• þverflauta

Etymology 2

Verb

flauta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flautaði, supine flautað)

1. to whistle
2. to honk the horn of a car

Conjugation

flauta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að flauta
supine sagnbót		flautað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		flautandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	flauta	flautaði		flauti	flautaði
	þú	flautar	flautaðir		flautir	flautaðir
	hann, hún, það	flautar	flautaði		flauti	flautaði
plural	við	flautum	flautuðum		flautum	flautuðum
	þið	flautið	flautuðuð		flautið	flautuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	flauta	flautuðu		flauti	flautuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	flauta (þú), flautaðu
plural	þið	flautið (þið), flautiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

flautast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að flautast
supine sagnbót		flautast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		flautandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	flautast	flautaðist		flautist	flautaðist
	þú	flautast	flautaðist		flautist	flautaðist
	hann, hún, það	flautast	flautaðist		flautist	flautaðist
plural	við	flautumst	flautuðumst		flautumst	flautuðumst
	þið	flautist	flautuðust		flautist	flautuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	flautast	flautuðust		flautist	flautuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	flautast (þú), flautastu
plural	þið	flautist (þið), flautisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

flautaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	flautaður	flautuð	flautað	flautaðir	flautaðar	flautuð
accusative (þolfall)	flautaðan	flautaða	flautað	flautaða	flautaðar	flautuð
dative (þágufall)	flautuðum	flautaðri	flautuðu	flautuðum	flautuðum	flautuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	flautaðs	flautaðrar	flautaðs	flautaðra	flautaðra	flautaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	flautaði	flautaða	flautaða	flautuðu	flautuðu	flautuðu
accusative (þolfall)	flautaða	flautuðu	flautaða	flautuðu	flautuðu	flautuðu
dative (þágufall)	flautaða	flautuðu	flautaða	flautuðu	flautuðu	flautuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	flautaða	flautuðu	flautaða	flautuðu	flautuðu	flautuðu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

flauta f (definite singular flauta, indefinite plural flauter or flautor, definite plural flautene or flautone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of flaute (“crossbeam in a sleigh”)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Flaute, from German flau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaw.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awta
• Syllabification: flau‧ta

Noun

flauta f

1. (nautical) windless weather, calm

Declension

Declension of flauta

	singular	plural
nominative	flauta	flauty
genitive	flauty	flaut
dative	flaucie	flautom
accusative	flautę	flauty
instrumental	flautą	flautami
locative	flaucie	flautach
vocative	flauto	flauty

Further reading

• “flauta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• frauta (obsolete)

Etymology

From Occitan and Old Occitan flaut.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflaw.tɐ/ [ˈflaʊ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflaw.tɐ/ [ˈflaʊ̯.tɐ]
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈflaw.ta/ [ˈflaʊ̯.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈflaw.tɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -awtɐ
• Hyphenation: flau‧ta

Noun

flauta f (plural flautas)

1. (music) flute

Derived terms

• flauta de Pã (“pan flute”)
• flauta doce (“recorder”)
• flauta transversal
• flautim (“piccolo”)
• flautista (“flautist”)

Further reading

• “flauta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “flauta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “flauta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian flauto. Cognates include Czech flauta and Slovak flauta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flǎuta/
• Hyphenation: fla‧u‧ta

Noun

flàuta f (Cyrillic spelling фла̀ута)

1. flute

Declension

Declension of flauta

	singular	plural
nominative	flàuta	flaute
genitive	flaute	flàutā
dative	flauti	flautama
accusative	flautu	flaute
vocative	flauto	flaute
locative	flauti	flautama
instrumental	flautom	flautama

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian flauto. Cognates include Czech flauta and Serbo-Croatian flàuta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flauta/, [ˈflauta]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Hyphenation: fla‧u‧ta

Noun

flauta f (relational adjective flautový, diminutive flautička)

1. flute (woodwind instrument)

Declension

Declension of flauta
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	flauta	flauty
genitive	flauty	fláut
dative	flaute	flautám
accusative	flautu	flauty
locative	flaute	flautách
instrumental	flautou	flautami

Derived terms

• flautovo

Further reading

• “flauta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Flauta”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Spanish

Etymology

From Occitan and Old Occitan flaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflauta/ [ˈflau̯.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -auta
• Syllabification: flau‧ta

Noun

flauta f (plural flautas)

1. (music) flute
2. (Mexico) a type of fried cylindrical tortilla or taco
3. (Rioplatense, Cuba, Paraguay) baguette (long thin loaf of bread)

   Synonyms: barra de pan, flauta de pan, pan flauta

Derived terms

• aflautado
• comerse el garrón de la gran flauta
• entre pitos y flautas
• flauta de carrizo
• flauta de pan
• flauta dulce
• flauta travesera
• flautín
• flautista
• la flauta
• perroflauta
• sonar la flauta

Descendants

• → English: flauta
• → Tagalog: plawta

Further reading

• “flauta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025