# flauta
## English
### Etymology

From Mexican Spanish flauta, with same meaning, because of its shape, resembling a flute. Doublet of flute and fluyt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈflaʊtə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aʊtə

### Noun

flauta (plural flautas)
* A type of fried cylindrical tortilla or taco.

### Further reading

* flauta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Occitan and Old Occitan flaut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈflau̯ta/ [ˈflau̯.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -au̯ta
* Syllabification: flau‧ta

### Noun

flauta f (plural flautes)
* (music) flute (woodwind instrument)

### Further reading

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Old Catalan flauta, of uncertain origin. Cf. English flute.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈflaw.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈflaw.ta]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

flauta f (plural flautes)
* flute

#### Derived terms

* flautí
* flautista

### Further reading

* “flauta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “flauta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “flauta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “flauta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Gutnish
### Etymology

From Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.

### Verb

flauta (present flautur, plural flaute, preterite flaut, plural flutu, supine fluti)
* to float

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfløyːta/
** Audio:(file)
* (dialectal) IPA: /ˈfløyːtʰa/
** Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -øyːta
* Hyphenation: flau‧ta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish fløjte.

#### Noun

flauta f (genitive singular flautu, nominative plural flautur)
* flute
* whistle
* horn (of a car)

##### Synonyms

* blístra

##### Derived terms

* bílflauta
* blokkflauta
* flautuleikari
* skipsflauta
* þverflauta

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

flauta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flautaði, supine flautað)
* to whistle
* to honk the horn of a car

##### Conjugation
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

flauta f (definite singular flauta, indefinite plural flauter or flautor, definite plural flautene or flautone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of flaute (“crossbeam in a sleigh”)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Flaute, from German flau.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈflaw.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -awta
* Syllabification: flau‧ta

### Noun

flauta f
* (nautical) windless weather, calm

#### Declension
### Further reading

* flauta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* frauta (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Occitan and Old Occitan flaut.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈflaw.tɐ/ [ˈflaʊ̯.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈflaw.tɐ/ [ˈflaʊ̯.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈflaw.ta/ [ˈflaʊ̯.ta]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈflaw.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -awtɐ
* Hyphenation: flau‧ta

### Noun

flauta f (plural flautas)
* (music) flute

#### Derived terms

* flauta de Pã (“pan flute”)
* flauta doce (“recorder”)
* flauta transversal
* flautim (“piccolo”)
* flautista (“flautist”)

### Further reading

* “flauta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian flauto. Cognates include Czech flauta and Slovak flauta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /flǎuta/
* Hyphenation: fla‧u‧ta

### Noun

flàuta f (Cyrillic spelling фла̀ута)
* flute

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian flauto. Cognates include Czech flauta and Serbo-Croatian flàuta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈflauta]

### Noun

flauta f (relational adjective flautový, diminutive flautička)
* flute (woodwind instrument)

#### Derived terms

* flautovo

### Further reading

* “flauta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Flauta”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Occitan and Old Occitan flaut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈflauta/ [ˈflau̯.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -auta
* Syllabification: flau‧ta

### Noun

flauta f (plural flautas)
* (music) flute
* (Mexico) a type of fried cylindrical tortilla or taco
* (Rioplatense, Cuba, Paraguay) baguette (long thin loaf of bread)
    Synonym: barra de pan

#### Derived terms

* aflautado
* entre pitos y flautas
* flauta de carrizo
* flauta de pan
* flauta dulce
* flauta travesera
* flautín
* flautista
* la flauta
* perroflauta
* sonar la flauta

#### Descendants

* → English: flauta
* → Tagalog: plawta

#### Further reading

* “flauta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10