lute

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.

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.

Synonyms

luting

cement

swob

whistle

floating rule

sealing rubber ring