fluit

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -œy̯t
• IPA^(key): /flœy̯t/

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

fluit m or f (plural fluiten, diminutive fluitje n)

1. (music) flute or the sound it creates
2. a whistle
3. organ pipe
4. (colloquial) penis
5. fluyt, flute (type of cargo ship)

   Synonym: fluitschip

6. shortened form of certain compounds, notably fluitglas

Derived terms

• blokfluit
• dwarsfluit
• fluiten
• fluitenist, fluitist
• fluitje van een cent

Descendants

• Afrikaans: fluit
• → Lokono: flauta
• → English: fluyt
• → Malay: peluit
  • Indonesian: peluit
• → Indonesian: Pluit
• → Papiamentu: flùit, fleit
• → Sranan Tongo: froyti
  • → Saramaccan: foloíti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fluit

1. inflection of fluiten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Latin

Verb

fluit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of fluō

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfløt/
• (Central Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈflɪt/
• (Northern Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈflit/
• (Southern Scotland)
  • (Hawick) IPA^(key): /ˈflɪʔ/

Noun

fluit (plural fluits)

1. (music) A flute.