How to pronounce flute
American English pronunciation
FLOOT
- IPA
- /ˈflut/
- Syllables
- FLOOT (1 syllable)
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What flute means
Most people know flute in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A long, rounded groove cut down a column
In a sentence: Each marble pillar had twenty flutes running from top to bottom.
Where it comes from: It's the same word as the flute you play, which came into English from Old French. No one is sure where the French word came from.
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