flûte, n.f., (nav.) flute; (mus.) flute; French roll, tall glass (for champagne). Jouer de la —; to play the flute. — allemande, traversière; German flute. Petite —; piccolo. Ce qui vient de la — s’en retourne au tambour; lightly come, lightly go. Ajuster ses —s; to tune one’s pipes; to prepare one’s measures. Accordez vos —s; settle it between you.
flûté, -e, adj., soft, fluted, fluty; piping; squeaky.
flûteau, n.m., child’s whistle; (bot.) water-plantain.
flûter, v.n., to flute, to pipe; to drink hard; to tipple.
flûteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (b.s.) player on the flute, piper, (fam.) toper, tippler.
flûtiste, n.m., flutist, flute-player.
fluvial, -e, adj., fluvial.
fluviatile, adj., fluviatile, fluviatic.
flux (flu), n.m., flux, flow, influx, flood; stream, rising; (at cards) flush. — de sang; bloody flux. — de ventre; dysentery.
fluxion, n.f., inflammation; swelling. pl., (math.) fluxions. Une — de poitrine; inflammation of the lungs.