fleute

See also: fleüte

Middle English

Noun

fleute

1. Alternative form of floute

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fleute, from Old Occitan flaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflyːtə/

Noun

fleute f (plural fleutes)

1. flute (musical instrument)

Descendants

• French: flûte, flute
  • → Italian: flute, flûte
  • → Luxembourgish: Flütt
  • → Walloon: flûte
  • → Volapük: flut (possibly)
• Norman: fliûte (Jersey)

Old French

Alternative forms

• flaute, fleüte

Etymology

From Old Occitan flaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fləˈytə/

Noun

fleute oblique singular, f (oblique plural fleutes, nominative singular fleute, nominative plural fleutes)

1. flute (musical instrument)

Descendants

• Middle French: fleute
  • French: flûte, flute
    • → Italian: flute, flûte
    • → Luxembourgish: Flütt
    • → Walloon: flûte
    • → Volapük: flut (possibly)
  • Norman: fliûte (Jersey)
• → Middle Dutch: floite
  • Dutch: fluit
    • Afrikaans: fluit
    • → Lokono: flauta
    • → English: fluyt
    • → Indonesian: peluit
      • → Malay: peluit
    • → Papiamentu: flùit, fleit
    • → Sranan Tongo: froyti
      • → Saramaccan: foloíti
  • → Middle High German: vloite
    • German: Flöte (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle English: floute, floyte, flowte, fleute, flote, floite, fflott, ffloute, ffleute
  • English: flute
    • → Irish: fliúit
    • → Welsh: ffliwt
  • Scots: fluit
• → Middle Low German: flöite, vloite
  • German Low German: Fleut, Fleit
  • → Danish: fløjte
    • → Icelandic: flauta
  • → Estonian: flööt
  • → Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: fløyte

    Norwegian Nynorsk: fløyte

  • → Saterland Frisian: Floite
  • → Swedish: flöjt