lute
pronunciation
How to pronounce lute in British English:
UK [lu:t]
How to pronounce lute in American English:
US [lut]
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- Noun:
- a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
- chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
Word Origin
- lute (n.)
- stringed musical instrument, late 13c., from Old French lut, leut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al-'ud, the Arabian lute, literally "the wood" (source of Spanish laud, Portuguese alaude, Italian liuto), where al is the definite article. A player is a lutist (1620s) or a lutanist (c. 1600, from Medieval Latin hybrid lutanista).
Example
- 1. Nor will the lute sound at the twilight hour .
- 2. But the fool brings up the rear with his lute .
- 3. Among many instruments that arrived in europe through the middle east is the lute , an ancestor of the violin .
- 4. Even the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music .
- 5. Where have you been ? I 've been looking all over for you , lute .