flageolet
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Cooked flageolet beans in a bowl.
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French flageolet.
Pronunciation
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
type of small flute
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References
- “flageolet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
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)
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 , 2012.