mirliton

== English == === Etymology === From French. Coined as a nonce to advertise a new women's bonnet, mirliton came to be applied to any trifle or trinket before acquiring several specific meanings. Compare the English word folderol. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Standard Southern British, MLE) IPA(key): /ˈmɜːlɪˌtɒn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪɹləˌtɑn/ === Noun === mirliton (plural mirlitons) A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote. (music) The eunuch flute, a kind of kazoo or membranophone. An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez. A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800. === See also === Mirliton on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr Mirliton on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl === References === === Anagrams === nitrolim == French == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miʁ.li.tɔ̃/ === Noun === mirliton m (plural mirlitons) reed-pipe (flute-like instrument made from a reed that is sealed at both ends using an onion peel) ==== Derived terms ==== mirlitonesque mirlitoniste mirlitonner mirlitonnesque ==== Descendants ==== → English: mirliton === References === === Further reading === “mirliton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012