flageolet
/ˈflæʒəleɪ/noun
flageolet is a noun meaning “A type of small flute of the fipple family” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-G-E-O-L-E-T and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flageolet is flageolets.
What does flageolet mean?
noun
- 1
A type of small flute of the fipple family.
- 2
A technique for playing stringed instrument that produces high-pitched overtones.
- 3
A type of small light green kidney-shaped bean, common in France.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flageolet?
- /ˈflæʒəleɪ/
- /ˈflæd͡ʒəlɪt/
Flageolet has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flageolet
- flageolets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flageolet?
Flageolet appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Flageolet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of small flute:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | flageolet |
| German | Flageolett |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flageolet come from?
Borrowed from French flageolet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).