flageolet

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flageolet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflæʒəleɪ/, /ˈflæd͡ʒəlɪt/ === Noun === flageolet (plural flageolets) (music) A type of small flute of the fipple family. (music) A technique for playing stringed instrument that produces high-pitched overtones. A type of small light green kidney-shaped bean, common in France. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “flageolet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === flageolet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fla.ʒɔ.lɛ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old French flajol (“flute”) + diminutive -et; probably from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum (“flute”), from Latin flāre (“to blow”). ==== Noun ==== flageolet m (plural flageolets) (music) flageolet (type of small flute) ===== Descendants ===== → English: flageolet → Spanish: flajolé, flageolet === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Italian fagiolo (“bean”), from Latin phaseolus (“bean”), diminutive form of phasēlus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean”). ==== Noun ==== flageolet m (plural flageolets) A type of small light green kidney-shaped bean, common in France. === Further reading === “flageolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French flageolet. First attested in 1839. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flaxeoˈlet/ [fla.xe.oˈlet̪] Rhymes: -et Syllabification: fla‧ge‧o‧let === Noun === flageolet m (plural flageolets) (music) flageolet (a type of small flute) [from mid-19th c.] Synonym: flajolé === Further reading === “flageolet”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN