flabiol

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, diminutive of Latin flabrum (gust) from flare (to blow). Cognate with French flageolet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [flə.βiˈɔl]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [flə.biˈɔl]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [fla.biˈɔl]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Noun

flabiol m (plural flabiols)

  1. fluviol (a type of Catalan flute)
    • 2025, “On t'has ficat aquesta nit?”‎[1]performed by La Ludwig Band:
      I buscant-te entra la dansa no s'acaba l'esperança / Mentre sona el flabiol i el tamborí
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

  • flabiolaire
  • flabioler

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan flabiol, fluviol, from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, diminutive of Latin flabrum (gust) from flare (to blow). Cognate with French flageolet. First attested in the form flaviol in 1857.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaˈbjol/ [flaˈβ̞jol]
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: fla‧biol

Noun

flabiol m (plural flabioles)

  1. (music) fluviol [from mid-19th c.]

Further reading

  • flabiol”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN