Marthe could hear all that was said, for Madame de Condamin had a clear flute-Uke voice. She dallied over the recital of her sins, and quite animated the confessional with her pretty gossiping ways.
Marthe devait tout entendre, car madame de Condamin avait une voix de flûte; elle bavardait ses péchés, elle animait le confessionnal d'un commérage adorable.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
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The Conquest of Plassans
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And it was so warm, too, beside the big laurel-bush, in the corner where the streamlet of water ever fell with flute-like music from the gaping, tragic mask.
Et surtout il faisait si tiède, à côté du grand laurier, dans l’angle où se trouvait la fontaine ! L’eau mince coulait sans fin de l’énorme bouche béante du masque tragique avec sa chanson de flûte.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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The Three Cities - Rome
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The breath of her soul rose and fell among the syllables as sound is divided by the notes of a flute; it died away to the ear as it quickened the pulsation of the blood.
Le souffle de son âme se déployait dans les replis des syllabes, comme le son se divise sous les clefs d’une flûte; il expirait onduleusement à l’oreille d’où il précipitait l’action du sang.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
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They pushed and shook him, amid peal after peal of flute-like laughter, while their father and mother rushed to his assistance, scolding and angry.
Ils le poussaient, le secouaient, avec des rires, des rires encore, égrenant sans fin des notes de flûte. Le père et la mère s’étaient précipités à son secours, indignes, grondant.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
As he drew near a faint breath, like the far-away piping of a flute, was wafted to him.
Alors, à mesure qu’il se rapprocha, il saisit un souffle léger, comme un air de flûte qui venait de loin.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
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When noted jazz flutist James Newton plays, the transition between his humming, singing, breathing, and flute playing is so seamless it all sounds like one magical instrument.
Le célèbre flûtiste James Newton peut successivement fredonner, chanter, respirer dans son instrument, puis en jouer de façon classique. L'effet produit est proprement magique.
Sutro, Dirk / Jazz For DummiesSutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane / Le Jazz pour les nuls
There's Abbé Surin, with a voice like a flute; and Abbé Fenil, who would do for a rattle on Good Friday.
Voilà l'abbé Surin, qui a une voix de flûte, et l'abbé Fénil, qui pourrait servir de crécelle, le vendredi saint.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
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The Conquest of Plassans
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At their feet flowed the brook, a silver streak gliding noiselessly over the sand; here and there were little waterfalls whose crystal tones seemed as though they proceeded from a shepherd's flute.
À leurs pieds coulait le ruisseau, un filet d’argent qui fuyait silencieusement sur le sable; il y avait, de loin en loin, de petites chutes dont les bruits de cristal semblaient sortir d’une flûte champêtre.
Albine, who went first, turned, and in her flute-like voice asked her companion: 'What do you like best? Pears, apricots, cherries, or currants?
Albine qui marchait la première, les jupes entre les jambes, se retournait, demandait à son compagnon, de sa voix flûtée: - Qu'est-ce que tu aimes, toi? les poires, les abricots, les cerises, les groseilles?...
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
And, all at once, the shrill voice of a little girl, light and vivacious as the notes of a flute, rose above the universal sob, repeating in the distance: "Save the others, save the others, Lord Jesus!"
Une voix aiguë de petite fille, d’une légèreté et d’une vivacité de flûte, dominait le sanglot universel, répétait au loin : « Sauvez les autres, sauvez les autres, Seigneur Jésus ! »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
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The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
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filtre à plis
Word forms
flute
verb
Basic forms
Past
fluted
Imperative
flute
Present Participle (Participle I)
fluting
Past Participle (Participle II)
fluted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I flute
we flute
you flute
you flute
he/she/it flutes
they flute
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am fluting
we are fluting
you are fluting
you are fluting
he/she/it is fluting
they are fluting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have fluted
we have fluted
you have fluted
you have fluted
he/she/it has fluted
they have fluted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been fluting
we have been fluting
you have been fluting
you have been fluting
he/she/it has been fluting
they have been fluting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I fluted
we fluted
you fluted
you fluted
he/she/it fluted
they fluted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was fluting
we were fluting
you were fluting
you were fluting
he/she/it was fluting
they were fluting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had fluted
we had fluted
you had fluted
you had fluted
he/she/it had fluted
they had fluted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been fluting
we had been fluting
you had been fluting
you had been fluting
he/she/it had been fluting
they had been fluting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will flute
we shall/will flute
you will flute
you will flute
he/she/it will flute
they will flute
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be fluting
we shall/will be fluting
you will be fluting
you will be fluting
he/she/it will be fluting
they will be fluting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have fluted
we shall/will have fluted
you will have fluted
you will have fluted
he/she/it will have fluted
they will have fluted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been fluting
we shall/will have been fluting
you will have been fluting
you will have been fluting
he/she/it will have been fluting
they will have been fluting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would flute
we should/would flute
you would flute
you would flute
he/she/it would flute
they would flute
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be fluting
we should/would be fluting
you would be fluting
you would be fluting
he/she/it would be fluting
they would be fluting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have fluted
we should/would have fluted
you would have fluted
you would have fluted
he/she/it would have fluted
they would have fluted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice