Flute Definition
flo͝ot
fluted, flutes, fluting
noun
flutes
A high-pitched wind instrument consisting of a long, slender tube, played by blowing across a hole near one end: by fingering the holes and keys along its length, the player can produce various tones.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar instruments, as the fipple flute.
Webster's New World
An ornamental groove or pleat in cloth, etc.
Webster's New World
A long, vertical, rounded groove in the shaft of a column.
Webster's New World
A flue organ stop with a flutelike tone.
Webster's New World
verb
fluted, flutes
To play on the flute.
Webster's New World
To sing, speak, whistle, etc. in a flutelike tone.
Webster's New World
To produce in a flutelike tone.
American Heritage
To play on the flute.
Webster's New World
To sing, speak, whistle, etc. in a flutelike tone.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Flute
Noun
Singular:
flutePlural:
flutesOrigin of Flute
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Middle English floute from Old French flaute from Old Provençal flaüt perhaps a blend of flaujol flageolet (from Vulgar Latin flābeolum flageolet) laut lute lute1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Compare French flûte (“a transport”)?, Dutch fluit.
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Blend of Provencal flaujol (“flageolet”) + laut (“lute”)
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From Latin flare (“to blow”)
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Imitative.
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