Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flute
Participle: fluted
Gerund: fluting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flute |
| you | flute |
| he;she;it | flutes |
| we | flute |
| you | flute |
| they | flute |
Perfect
| I | have fluted |
| you | have fluted |
| he;she;it | has fluted |
| we | have fluted |
| you | have fluted |
| they | have fluted |
Past
| I | fluted |
| you | fluted |
| he;she;it | fluted |
| we | fluted |
| you | fluted |
| they | fluted |
Pluperfect
| I | had fluted |
| you | had fluted |
| he;she;it | had fluted |
| we | had fluted |
| you | had fluted |
| they | had fluted |
Future
| I | will flute |
| you | will flute |
| he;she;it | will flute |
| we | will flute |
| you | will flute |
| they | will flute |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fluted |
| you | will have fluted |
| he;she;it | will have fluted |
| we | will have fluted |
| you | will have fluted |
| they | will have fluted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flute |
| you | flute |
| he;she;it | flute |
| we | flute |
| you | flute |
| they | flute |
Perfect
| I | have fluted |
| you | have fluted |
| he;she;it | have fluted |
| we | have fluted |
| you | have fluted |
| they | have fluted |
Imperfect
| I | fluted |
| you | fluted |
| he;she;it | fluted |
| we | fluted |
| you | fluted |
| they | fluted |
Pluperfect
| I | had fluted |
| you | had fluted |
| he;she;it | had fluted |
| we | had fluted |
| you | had fluted |
| they | had fluted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flute |
| you | would flute |
| he;she;it | would flute |
| we | would flute |
| you | would flute |
| they | would flute |
Perfect
| I | would have fluted |
| you | would have fluted |
| he;she;it | would have fluted |
| we | would have fluted |
| you | would have fluted |
| they | would have fluted |
Imperative
| you | flute |
| we | Let's flute |
| you | flute |
Verbs conjugated like 'flute'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flute'
elute,
flete,
flite,
flote,
fluke,
flyte,
fute,
lute,
ablute,
acute,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1384, from O.Fr. flaute, from O.Prov. flaut, of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative or from L. flare "to blow;" perhaps influenced by Prov. laut "lute." The other Gmc. words (cf. Ger. flöte) are likewise borrowings from Fr. Ancient flutes were blown through a mouthpiece, like a recorder; the modern transverse or German flute developed 18c. The modern design and key system of the concert flute were perfected 1834 by Theobald Boehm. The architectural sense of "furrow in a pillar" (1660) is from fancied resemblance to the inside of a flute split down the middle. Meaning "tall, slender wine glass" is from 1649. Flutist (1603), probably from Fr. flûtiste, replaced M.E. flouter and is preferred in U.S. British preference is flautist (q.v.), a Continental reborrowing that returns the original diphthong.
2. From Middle English fleute, floute, flote, from Old French flaute, fleüte, from Old Provençal flaüt, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from three possibilities:
3. * Blend of Provencal flaujol (“flageolet”) + laüt (“lute”)
4. * From Latin flātus (“blowing”), from flāre (“to blow”)
5. * Imitative.
6. Doublet of flauta and fluyt.
Sample Sentences
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The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there. [1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water:]
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“Oh, there's my precious Poppet,” said Phyllis, as a distant barking reached the ears. “He's asking for his dinner, the sweet little angel. All right, darling, Mother's coming,” she fluted, and buzzed off on the errand of mercy. [1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:]