Synonyms for flute

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : floot

Phonetic Transcription : flut

Top 10 synonyms for flute

Other synonyms for the word flute

Définition of flute

Origin : early 14c., from Old French flaute (12c.), from Old Provençal flaut, of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative or from Latin flare "to blow;" perhaps influenced by Provençal laut "lute." The other Germanic words (cf. German flöte) are likewise borrowings from French.
Ancient flutes were blown through a mouthpiece, like a recorder; the modern transverse or German flute developed 18c. The older style then sometimes were called flûte-a-bec (French, literally "flute with a beak"). The modern design and key system of the concert flute were perfected 1834 by Theobald Boehm. The architectural sense of "furrow in a pillar" (1650s) is from fancied resemblance to the inside of a flute split down the middle. Meaning "tall, slender wine glass" is from 1640s.

As in pleat : noun fold
As in groove : noun channel, indentation
As in whistle : verb make sharp, shrill sound
As in plait : verb braid

Example sentences :

Her lover played upon his flute, while she leaned against a tree and listened.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

As soon as he was gone, I sent for Joe Kelly to play on the flute to me.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

You must give us some music, my good Belinda, and make him accompany you with his flute.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The ancient was sitting in the shade of the mulberry trees blowing the flute.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

It had eight stops, one imitating the lute and one the flute.
Extract from : « How the Piano Came to Be » by Ellye Howell Glover

For Socrates produces the same effect with the voice which Marsyas did with the flute.
Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato

Why, when the flute is talking, we are as silent as the grave.
Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon

He did not like to be disturbed at the hour when he was playing the flute.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

I have enough Will for two, and she would be the flute in the hands of the artist.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

And any time you're lonely, come up, and I'll play the flute to you.
Extract from : « A Bit O' Love (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

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