lute /luːt/
noun[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: lut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al-'ud 'the wood']
[countable] a musical instrument like a
guitar with a round body, played with the fingers or a
plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc), especially in the past
—lutenist /ˈluːtənəst, ˈluːtənɪst/
noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲