fluet

French

Etymology

Alteration of earlier flouet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fly.ɛ/

Adjective

fluet (feminine fluette, masculine plural fluets, feminine plural fluettes)

  1. slender, slim, skinny
  2. (of a sound, voice etc.) weak, thin, narrow

Further reading

Latin

Verb

fluet

  1. third-person singular future active indicative of fluō

Old French

Noun

fluet oblique singularm (oblique plural fluez or fluetz, nominative singular fluez or fluetz, nominative plural fluet)

  1. alternative form of flot