flageolet (redirected from French flageolets)

flag·eo·let  (flj-lt, -l)

n.

A small flutelike instrument with a cylindrical mouthpiece, four finger holes, and two thumbholes.

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[French, diminutive of Old French flajol, flute, from Vulgar Latin *flbeolum, possibly alteration of Latin flbellum, diminutive of flbrum, gust of wind, from flre, to blow; see bhl- in Indo-European roots.]

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flageolet¹

n

(Music / Instruments) a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes

[from French, modification of Old French flajolet a little flute, from flajol flute, from Vulgar Latin flabeolum (unattested), from Latin flāre to blow]

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flageolet², flageolet bean [ˈflædʒəˌleɪ]

n

(Cookery) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable

[from French fageolet, from Latin phaseolus bean; perhaps influenced by flageolet¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flageolet - a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried haricot common bean - any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
	2.	flageolet - a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes treble recorder, shepherd's pipe fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute, recorder - a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece tabor pipe - a small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor

Translations

flageolet [ˌflædʒəˈlet] N → flageolet m flauta dulce de seis u ocho agujeros