flageolet
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flag·eo·let
(flăj′ə-lĕt′, -lā′)n.
A small flutelike instrument with a cylindrical mouthpiece, four finger holes, and two thumbholes.
[French, diminutive of Old French flajol, flute, from Vulgar Latin *flābeolum, possibly alteration of Latin flābellum, diminutive of flābrum, gust of wind, from flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
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flageolet
(ˌflædʒəˈlɛt)n
(Instruments) a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes
[C17: from French, modification of Old French flajolet a little flute, from flajol flute, from Vulgar Latin flabeolum (unattested), from Latin flāre to blow]
flageolet
(ˈflædʒəˌleɪ) orflageolet bean
n
1. (Cookery) the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
2. (Plants) the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
[C19: from French fageolet, from Latin phaseolus bean; perhaps influenced by flageolet1]
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flag•eo•let
(ˌflædʒ əˈlɛt, -ˈleɪ)n.
a small end-blown flute that has four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
[1650–60; < French]
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Noun | 1. | flageolet - a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried common bean - any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried |
2. | ![]() 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 |
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flageolet
[ˌflædʒəˈlet] N → flageolet m flauta dulce de seis u ocho agujerosCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005