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5-letter words (1 found)

FAGOT,

4-letter words (3 found)

GOAF,GOAT,TOGA,

3-letter words (14 found)

AFT,AGO,FAG,FAT,FOG,GAT,GOA,GOT,OAF,OAT,OFT,TAG,TAO,TOG,

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AG,AT,FA,GO,OF,TA,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of fagot

fagot

English

Alternative forms

  • faggot

Etymology

Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfæɡ.ət/
  • Rhymes: -æɡət
  • Homophone: faggot

Noun

fagot (plural fagots)

  1. Alternative form of faggot (“bundle of sticks for fuel”)
  2. Alternative form of faggot (“bundle of iron or steel”)
  3. (music, obsolete) A fagotto, or bassoon.
  4. (UK, Ireland, obsolete) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company [18th century].

Derived terms

Verb

fagot (third-person singular simple present fagots, present participle fagoting, simple past and past participle fagoted)

  1. (transitive) To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.

Anagrams

  • TOGAF

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈɣɔt]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [faˈɣɔt]
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

fagot m (plural fagots)

  1. bassoon (wind instrument)

Derived terms

  • fagotista

References

  • “fagot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfaɡot]

Noun

fagot m inan

  1. bassoon (musical instrument)

Declension

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot, from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faɡɔt/, [faˈɡ̊ʌd̥], [fɑˈɡ̊ʌd̥]

Noun

fagot c (singular definite fagotten, plural indefinite fagotter)

  1. bassoon (musical instrument in the woodwind family)

Declension

References

  • “fagot” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fagotto. Later borrowed again from German Fagott. The theory that the name derives from a faggot of stick in reference to the way the parts of a bassoon are stored is a pseudo-etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faːˈɣɔt/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧got
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

fagot m (plural fagotten, diminutive fagotje n)

  1. bassoon

Derived terms

  • basfagot
  • fagotspeler
  • fagottist

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: fagot

References

Further reading

  • “fagot” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fagot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ɡo/

Noun

fagot m (plural fagots)

  1. fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)

Derived terms

  • de derrière les fagots
  • sentir le fagot

Further reading

  • “fagot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fagot, from Italian fagotto. So called from being divided into parts for ease of carrying, making it a sort of small bundle or fagot.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfaɡɔt/ [ˈfa.ɡɔt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -aɡɔt
  • Syllabification: fa‧got

Noun

fagot (plural fagot-fagot)

  1. bassoon (musical instrument in the woodwind family)

Further reading

  • “fagot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fagott, from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɡɔt/

Noun

fagot m inan

  1. (music) bassoon

Declension

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • faggett, faget, ffagott, fakett, fagett

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fagot; further etymology is disputed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɡɔt/, /ˈfaɡət/, /ˈfakət/

Noun

fagot (plural fagotes)

  1. A piece of wood for burning; firewood.
  2. A faggot or bavin (bundled sticks of wood)

Descendants

  • English: faggot, fagot
  • Scots: faggot
  • Yola: fagoghes (plural)

References

  • “fagot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-1.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fagot.

Noun

fagot m (plural fagots)

  1. fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin and Italian fagotto.

Noun

fagot oblique singular, m (oblique plural fagoz or fagotz, nominative singular fagoz or fagotz, nominative plural fagot)

  1. fagot (bundle of sticks, twigs or small tree branches bound together)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fagot, supplement)
  • fagot on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɡɔt/
  • Rhymes: -aɡɔt
  • Syllabification: fa‧got

Noun

fagot m inan

  1. (music) bassoon

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • fagot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fagot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɡot/

Noun

fagot n (plural fagoturi)

  1. bassoon (reed instrument)

Declension

References

  • “fagot”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Noun

fàgot m (Cyrillic spelling фа̀гот)

  1. bassoon

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɡɔt/

Noun

fagot m inan (genitive singular fagotu, nominative plural fagoty, genitive plural fagotov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (music) bassoon

Declension

Further reading

  • “fagot”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

From French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faɡóːt/

Noun

fagọ̑t m inan

  1. (music) bassoon (musical instrument in the woodwind family)

Declension

Further reading

  • “fagot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɡot/ [faˈɣ̞ot̪]
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: fa‧got

Noun

fagot m (plural fagots or fagotes)

  1. (music) bassoon

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “fagot”, 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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fagotto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɑˈɡot]

Noun

fagot (definite accusative fagotu, plural fagotlar)

  1. bassoon (reed instrument)

Declension

Uzbek

Pronunciation

Noun

fagot (plural fagotlar)

  1. bassoon (reed instrument)

Source: wiktionary.org