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Definitions and meaning of lute

lute

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /l(j)uːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /luːt/
• (Wales, Canada) IPA^(key): /lɪu̯t/
• Rhymes: -uːt
• Homophone: loot (yod-dropping)

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

lute (plural lutes)

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.

   Coordinate term: guitar

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• 2004. Musical Instruments: History, Technology, and Performance of Instruments. Murray Campbell, Clive A. Greated, Arnold Myers. Pg. 285.

Verb

lute (third-person singular simple present lutes, present participle luting, simple past and past participle luted)

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

See also

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lute (countable and uncountable, plural lutes)

2. Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
3. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
4. (brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.

Translations

Verb

lute (third-person singular simple present lutes, present participle luting, simple past and past participle luted)

1. To fix or fasten something with lute.

Derived terms

Further reading

• lute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tuel, tuel, Elut, tule

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlutɛ/, [ˈlutə]

Adjective

lute

1. inflection of luty:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

lute f

1. lute

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: luit

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lute (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle Low German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French leut (“lute, stringed instrument with a wide corpus”), from Old French leüt (“lute”), probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːtə/

Noun

lûte f

1. A lute.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lúta, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną.

Alternative forms

• luta (a-infinitive)

Verb

lute (present tense lutar/luter, past tense luta/lutte, past participle luta/lutt, passive infinitive lutast, present participle lutande, imperative lute/lut)

1. (intransitive) to bend over

Etymology 2

From the noun lut m or f (“lye”).

Alternative forms

• luta (a-infinitive)

Verb

lute (present tense lutar, past tense luta, past participle luta, passive infinitive lutast, present participle lutande, imperative lute/lut)

1. (transitive) to soak, treat in lye

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hluta, from Proto-Germanic *hlutōną.

Alternative forms

• luta (a-infinitive)
• lùta, lùte (alternative spelling)

Verb

lute (present tense lutar, past tense luta, past participle luta, passive infinitive lutast, present participle lutande, imperative lute/lut)

1. to allot

References

• “lute” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• letu, ulet, ulte

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.tɛ/
• Rhymes: -utɛ
• Syllabification: lu‧te

Adjective

lute

1. inflection of luty:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

lute m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of luty

Portuguese

Verb

lute

1. inflection of lutar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Unami

Etymology

From

• /lu/: to burn
• /te/: makes word an inanimate verb
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee lóoteew (“it burns”).

Verb

lute inan (plural luteyo, 3sg conjunct lutèk) (vii)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it burned, it is burned

Related terms

• lusasu (vai)
• lusu (vai)
• wëlusëmën (vti)
• lehëlusit
• lusitahsu

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “lute”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

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