flûte

== French == === Alternative forms === flute (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === From Old French fleüte, from Old Occitan flaut. The contraction of the Old French hiatus created a long vowel in Middle French, which is indicated by the modern circumflex. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flyt/ === Noun === flûte f (plural flûtes) flute (woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger) flûte à bec ― recorder flûte de Pan ― panpipes, pan flute flûte traversière ― Western concert flute flute (glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne) flûte à champagne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) Originally meaning fluyt, by the late 17th century used for any large cargo vessel ==== Derived terms ==== flûtiste ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: flute, flûte → Luxembourgish: Flütt → Turkish: flüt → Walloon: flûte → Volapük: flut (possibly) === Interjection === flûte blow! drat! (mildly impolite interjection) Synonyms: zut, saperlipopette === References === === Further reading === “flûte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French flûte, from Old French fleüte, from Old Occitan flaut. Doublet of flauto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflut/, (careful style) /ˈflyt/ Rhymes: -ut === Noun === flûte m or (in specialist contexts) f (invariable) flute (type of glass) Synonyms: flute, fluttino === References === == Walloon == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flûte, from Old French fleüte, from Old Occitan flauto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flyːt/ === Noun === flûte f (plural flûtes) flute (musical instrument) ==== Derived terms ====