flageolet

Small French bean

A flageolet is a small woodwind instrument similar to a recorder, with a narrow bore and high, sweet tone.

The word also names a type of small, pale green French bean prized for its delicate flavor: flageolet beans with lamb.

The bean supposedly resembles the instrument in shape.

woodwind

fipple

Windway plug in flutes

whistle · pennywhistle · ocarina · shawm · tabor · piccolo · baroque · Renaissance · consort · fingering

bean

haricot

Dried legume variety

French · navy · cannellini · simmered · stew · braised · protein · side-dish · vegetarian · gourmet

folk

fiddle

Adjust restlessly; folk violin

reel · jig · ballad · tradition · minstrel · troubadour · heritage · folklore · ensemble · dance

tone

delicate

Easily broken or harmed

soft · ethereal · light · tender · plaintive · lilting · silvery · pure · high-pitched · clear

Opposites
instrument register/size

flageoletcontrabassoon

Lowest orchestral woodwind

tuba · contrabass · bass clarinet · bassoon · sousaphone

sound production mechanism

flageoletclarinet

Single-reed woodwind instrument

oboe · saxophone · bassoon · trumpet · trombone

bean characteristics

flageoletblack bean

Dark-skinned edible legume

kidney bean · fava bean · butter bean · lima bean · broad bean

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G