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Definition lute
Etymology 1
From Middle French lut (modern luth), from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic ???????? (al-??d, “wood”) (probably representing an Andalusian Arabic or North African pronunciation). Doublet of oud.
Noun
lute (plural lutes)
- A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, 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
lute (third-person singular simple present lutes, present participle luting, simple past and past participle luted)
- To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.
Etymology 2
From Old French lut, ultimately from Latin lutum (“mud”).
Noun
lute (countable and uncountable, plural lutes)
- Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
- A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
- (brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.
Verb
lute (third-person singular simple present lutes, present participle luting, simple past and past participle luted)
- To fix or fasten something with lute.
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