lute

Meaning

Noun

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.

Verb

To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

Verb

To fix or fasten something with lute.

Synonyms

luting

cement

swob

whistle

floating rule

sealing rubber ring

Translations

luth

liuto

luit

Laute

laúd

alaúde

llaüt

λαούτο

ud

λαγούτο

ut

lavta

barbitos

στοκάρω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/l(j)uːt/

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.