fluiter

Dutch

Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Etymology

From fluiten (to whistle) + -er; thus, "whistler".

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -œy̯tər

Noun

fluiter m (plural fluiters, diminutive fluitertje n)

  1. A fluter, flute player, flutist
    Synonyms: fluitist, fluitspeler
  2. A whistler; whistleblower
  3. The wood warbler, a songbird of the species Phylloscopus sibilator

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

fluiter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fluitō
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