a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes
Word origin
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 in British English2
or flageolet bean (ˈflædʒəˌleɪ)
noun
the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
Word origin
C19: from French fageolet, from Latin phaseolus bean; perhaps influenced by flageolet1
flageolet in American English1
(ˌflædʒəˈlɛt)
noun
a small fipple flute, similar to a recorder
Word origin
Fr, dim. of OFr flageol, flajeol, a pipe, flute < VL *flabeolum, a flute < L flare, to blow: see blast
flageolet in American English2
(ˌflædʒəˈlɛt; French flaʒɔˈlɛ)
noun
1.
a variety of kidney bean, cultivated for its seed
2.
the pale-green, immature seed, used esp. in French cooking