flue
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English flue, flewe (“mouthpiece of a hunting horn”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a back-formation from Middle English *flews (mistaken as a plural), from Old English flēwsa (“a flow, flowing, flux”). Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of Middle English floute, fleute, flote (“a pipe”), see English flute. Compare also Middle Dutch vloegh (“groove, channel, flute of a fluted column”).
Noun
flue (plural flues)
- A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
- An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
- (obsolete, countable and uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
- In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
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Translations
pipe that carries gaseous combustion products away from their origin
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enclosed passageway for a gas
opening between the lower lip and the languet
Etymology 2
Adjective
flue (comparative more flue, superlative most flue)
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish flughæ, from Old Norse fluga.
Pronunciation
Noun
flue c (singular definite fluen, plural indefinite fluer)
Inflection
Declension of flue
Esperanto
Pronunciation
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Adverb
flue
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) flue
Middle English
Verb
flue
- Alternative form of flowen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
flue f or m (definite singular flua or fluen, indefinite plural fluer, definite plural fluene)
- (insect) a fly
- flue på veggen - fly on the wall
Derived terms
See also
- fluge (Nynorsk)
References
- “flue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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