fagot
English edit
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Etymology edit
Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot (plural fagots)
- Alternative form of faggot (“bundle of sticks for fuel”)
- c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- What fool hath added water to the sea, / Or brought a fagot to bright-burning Troy?
- 1856, Q. K. Philander Doesticks, Plu-ri-bus-tah, page 59:
- "Give the red man Goss!" she told him; / "Drive him westward from the forest, […] / Chase him west, with fire and fagot, / Give him Goss! for he's no business, / Business none, to be an Injun."
- Alternative form of faggot (“bundle of iron or steel”)
- (music, obsolete) A fagotto, or bassoon.
- (UK, obsolete) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company [18th century].
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
fagot (third-person singular simple present fagots, present participle fagoting, simple past and past participle fagoted)
- (transitive) To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.
- 1681, [John Dryden], Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. […], 3rd edition, London: […] J[acob] T[onson] and are to be sold by W. Davis […], published 1682, →OCLC:
- He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, / But fagoted his notions as they fell
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian fagotto.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot m (plural fagots)
- bassoon (wind instrument)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “fagot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot m inan
- bassoon (musical instrument)
Declension edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fagot, from Italian fagotto.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot c (singular definite fagotten, plural indefinite fagotter)
- bassoon (musical instrument in the woodwind family)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fagot | fagotten | fagotter | fagotterne |
genitive | fagots | fagottens | fagotters | fagotternes |
References edit
- “fagot” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian fagotto. Later borrowed again from German Fagott. The theory that the name derives from a faggot of stick in reference to the way the parts of a bassoon are stored is a pseudo-etymology. [1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot m (plural fagotten, diminutive fagotje n)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Further reading edit
- “fagot” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French fagot.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot m (plural fagots)
- fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fagot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
fagot (first-person possessive fagotku, second-person possessive fagotmu, third-person possessive fagotnya)
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Fagott, from Italian fagotto.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot m inan
Declension edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French fagot; further etymology is disputed.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot (plural fagotes)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fagot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-1.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French fagot.
Noun edit
fagot m (plural fagots)
- fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin and Italian fagotto.
Noun edit
fagot oblique singular, m (oblique plural fagoz or fagotz, nominative singular fagoz or fagotz, nominative plural fagot)
- fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fagot, supplement)
- fagot on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot m inan
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Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian fagotto.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot n (plural fagoturi)
- bassoon (reed instrument)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) fagot | fagotul | (niște) fagoturi | fagoturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) fagot | fagotului | (unor) fagoturi | fagoturilor |
vocative | fagotule | fagoturilor |
References edit
- fagot in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Noun edit
fàgot m (Cyrillic spelling фа̀гот)
Declension edit
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot m inan (genitive singular fagotu, nominative plural fagoty, genitive plural fagotov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “fagot”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagọ̑t m inan
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | fagót | ||
gen. sing. | fagóta | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
fagót | fagóta | fagóti |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
fagóta | fagótov | fagótov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
fagótu | fagótoma | fagótom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
fagót | fagóta | fagóte |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
fagótu | fagótih | fagótih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
fagótom | fagótoma | fagóti |
Further reading edit
- “fagot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot m (plural fagots or fagotes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fagot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian fagotto.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot (definite accusative fagotu, plural fagotlar)
- bassoon (reed instrument)
Declension edit
Uzbek edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fagot (plural fagotlar)
- bassoon (reed instrument)