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lute en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /lut/ (General-American)
  • /l(j)uːt/ (Canada, UK)
  • (US) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /lɪu̯t/ (Wales)

Etymology

From Middle French lut (modern luth), from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “wood”) (probably representing an Andalusian Arabic or North African pronunciation). Doublet of oud, lavta, and laouto.

Meanings

  1. A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

Forms

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lutes Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

guitar

Deriveds

lutemaking · angel lute · lute-backed · mandolute · yoke lute · lutelike · lute guitar · archlute · lutite · bowl lute · spike lute · German lute · lutemaker · lutefish

Relateds

lutherie · archlute · luthier · lutanist · lutenist · luter · lutist

Translations (79)

th กระจับปี่ (stringed instrument) · tl laud (stringed instrument) · hy վին (stringed instrument) · gl laúde (stringed instrument) · tr lavta (stringed instrument) · hy լյուտնյա (stringed instrument) · ko 류트 (stringed instrument) · gu તંતુવાદ્ય (stringed instrument) · mt ljut (stringed instrument) · ms kecapi (stringed instrument) · sw gambusi (stringed instrument) · sq llautë (stringed instrument) · cmn 琉特琴 (stringed instrument) · sk lutna (stringed instrument) · mn хуур (stringed instrument) · fi luuttu (stringed instrument) · hu lant (stringed instrument) · ta வீணை (stringed instrument) · is lúta (stringed instrument) · uk лю́тня (stringed instrument) · da lut (stringed instrument) · he לָאוּטָה (stringed instrument) · sh лаута (stringed instrument) · et lauto (stringed instrument) · vi đàn luýt (stringed instrument) · vo lüt (stringed instrument) · cy liwt (stringed instrument) · fa بربط (stringed instrument) · oc laüt (stringed instrument) · ru лю́тня (stringed instrument) · fo luttur (stringed instrument) · bua хуур (stringed instrument) · grc πανδούρα (stringed instrument) · sa तन्त्री (stringed instrument) · ar عُود (stringed instrument) · nb lutt (stringed instrument) · ro lăută (stringed instrument) · fr luth (stringed instrument) · it liuto (stringed instrument) · af luit (stringed instrument) · xng ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (stringed instrument) · ga liúit (stringed instrument) · uga 𐎓𐎄 (stringed instrument) · sh lauta (stringed instrument) · mg valiha (stringed instrument) · mk ле́јта (stringed instrument) · xal хуур (stringed instrument) · cs loutna (stringed instrument) · th พิณ (stringed instrument) · ca llaüt (stringed instrument) · lv lauta (stringed instrument) · es laúd (stringed instrument) · el λαούτο (stringed instrument) · pl lutnia (stringed instrument) · tr ut (stringed instrument) · de Laute (stringed instrument) · be лю́тня (stringed instrument) · te వీణ (stringed instrument) · fa لوت (stringed instrument) · nl luit (stringed instrument) · pt alaúde (stringed instrument) · sl lutnja (stringed instrument) · bg лю́тня (stringed instrument) · gu વીના (stringed instrument) · nn lutt (stringed instrument) · ka ბარბითი (stringed instrument) · la lyra (stringed instrument) · sh lutnja (stringed instrument) · lo ວີນາ (stringed instrument) · eo liuto (stringed instrument) · lt liutnia (stringed instrument) · hi वीणा (stringed instrument) · mk лаута (stringed instrument) · sv luta (stringed instrument) · cmn 魯特琴 /鲁特琴 (stringed instrument) · ja リュート (stringed instrument) · ckb عوود (stringed instrument) · sh лутња (stringed instrument) · vec lauto (stringed instrument)

lute en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /lut/ (General-American)
  • /l(j)uːt/ (Canada, UK)
  • (US) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /lɪu̯t/ (Wales)

Etymology

From Middle French lut (modern luth), from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “wood”) (probably representing an Andalusian Arabic or North African pronunciation). Doublet of oud, lavta, and laouto.

Meanings

  1. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.
    • in the air , her new voice luting soft 1820, John Keats, “(please specify the poem)”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
    • Knaves are men / That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

Forms

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luted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
luted Tense=Past lexicographic
luting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lutes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

rebab · mandola · samisen · guqin · theorbo · shamisen · barbiton · pipa · barbitos · mandolin · guembri · oud

lute en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /lut/ (General-American)
  • /l(j)uːt/ (Canada, UK)
  • (US) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /lɪu̯t/ (Wales)

Etymology

From Old French lut, ultimately from Latin lutum (“mud”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
    • He employed a mixture of flour and white of egg spread upon a linen cloth to cement cracked glass vessels, and used other lutes for similar purposes. 1830, Thomas Thomson (chemist), The History of Chemistry, volume 1, page 41:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.

Forms

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lutes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

fat lute · unlute · belute

Translations (4)

ota لوكون (Thick sticky clay or cement) · bg мастар (A straight-edged piece of wood) · bg замазка (Thick sticky clay or cement) · tr lökün (Thick sticky clay or cement)

lute en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /lut/ (General-American)
  • /l(j)uːt/ (Canada, UK)
  • (US) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /lɪu̯t/ (Wales)

Etymology

From Old French lut, ultimately from Latin lutum (“mud”).

Meanings

  1. To fix or fasten something with lute.
    • To protect everything till it dried, a man […] luted a big blue paper cap from a cracker, with meringue-cream, low down on Jevon's forehead. 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Friend's Friend’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 179:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
luting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lutes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
luted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
luted Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

luter · lutation