flute

1. 1.

   form flutes in

   Broadercrimp

Other forms of flute

plural

flutes·

past tense

fluted·

present participle

fluting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flute

What does flute mean?

flute means "a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flute?

flute has 1 syllable: flute. In IPA it is /ˈflut/.

What is another word for flute?

Close synonyms include transverse flute, flute glass, champagne flute, fluting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flute a common word?

flute is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.