lute

lute ¹  (lt)

n.

A stringed instrument having a body shaped like a pear sliced lengthwise and a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just below the tuning pegs.

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[Middle English, from Old French lut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al-'d : al-, the + 'd, wood, branch, stem, lute.]

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lute

Noun

an ancient plucked stringed instrument with a long fingerboard and a body shaped like a half pear [Arabic al `ūd, literally: the wood]

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Lute a flock of mallard.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lute - a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid luting sealing material - any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface
	2.	lute - chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard chordophone - a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers fingerboard - a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers

Translations

lute [luːt] n → laúd m

lute [luːt] n → luth m

lute [luːt] n → Laute f

lute [luːt] n → liuto