flaut

flaut m (plural flauts)

1. flute

flaut

1. neuter singular of flau

flaut

1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of flyte

flaut

1. past tense of flyta

flaut

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of fljóta

Perhaps a blend of flaujol (“flageolet”) + laüt (“lute”). The first element is probably from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum (“flute”), from Latin flabrum.

flaut f (oblique plural flauts, nominative singular flaut, nominative plural flauts)

1. flute (musical instrument)

• Occitan: flaüta
  • → Asturian: flauta
  • → Catalan: flauta
  • → Italian: flauto (see there for further descendants)
  • → Portuguese: flauta
  • → Spanish: flauta (see there for further descendants)
• → Old French: fleute (see there for further descendants)

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Flaut”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Italian flauto, from Old Occitan flaüt.

flaut n (plural flaute)

1. flute

• flautist

• fluier

• “flaut”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025