fluit

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine) flute or the sound it creates
2. (feminine, masculine) a whistle
3. (feminine, masculine) organ pipe
4. (colloquial, feminine, masculine) penis
5. (feminine, masculine) fluyt, flute (type of cargo ship)
6. (feminine, masculine) shortened form of certain compounds, notably fluitglas

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, third-person) inflection of fluiten:
2. (form-of, imperative) inflection of fluiten:

fluiten

• Verb
• Noun

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/flœy̯t/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: floite

In summary

From Middle Dutch floite, borrowed from Old French fleute, borrowed from Old Occitan flaut.

Concepts

flute

🪈

whistle

pipe

fife

transverse flute

woodwind

Synonyms

fluitje

penis

dwarsfluit

waterleiding

pijp

waterloop

slet

Translations

flûte

🪈

Flöte

🪈

flauta

🪈

flauto

🪈

flet

flauta

🪈

bilûl

bilûr

🪈

fîq

🪈

ney

flauta

🪈

Pfeife

نّاي

φλάουτο

sifflet