flute

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A musical instrument shaped like a long tube, played by blowing across a hole near one end.

   She played a gentle tune on the flute.

2. 2
   noun

   A tall, narrow glass used for drinking champagne.

   The waiter filled each flute with sparkling champagne.

From Middle English fleute, floute, flote, from Old French flaute, fleüte, from Old Provençal flaüt, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from three possibilities: * Blend of Provencal flaujol (“flageolet”) + laüt (“lute”) * From Latin flātus (“blowing”), from flāre (“to blow”) * Imitative. Doublet of flauta and fluyt.

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