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Flaute — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • calm adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  • doldrums noun Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.
  • lull noun A temporary period of calm or reduced activity.

Senses

Flaute is used for these senses in English:

  • calm (meteorology) The absense of wind; a period of time without wind.
  • dead calm (nautical) The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.
  • doldrums Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.
  • doldrums (nautical) Usually preceded by the: the state of a sailing ship when it is impeded by calms or light, baffling winds, and is unable to make progress.
  • lull (nautical) A period without waves or wind.

calm — full definition

  1. adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  2. noun A state of peace, quiet, or absence of disturbance.
  3. verb To make calm, or to become calm.

doldrums — full definition

  1. noun Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.
  2. noun Usually preceded by the: the state of a sailing ship when it is impeded by calms or light, baffling winds, and is unable to make progress.
  3. noun Usually preceded by the: a part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds are common.

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