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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈluːt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/lut/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lo̅o̅t)

Inflections of 'lute' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
lutes
v 3rd person singular
luting
v pres p
luted
v past
luted
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
lute1 /lut/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Music and Dancea musical instrument with strings, a long neck with frets, and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
lute1  (lo̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n., v., lut•ed, lut•ing. 
n. 
  1. Music and Dancea stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back.

v.i. 
  1. Music and Danceto play a lute.

v.t. 
  1. Music and Danceto perform (music) on a lute:a musician skilled at luting Elizabethan ballads.
  2. to express (a feeling, mood, etc.) by means of a lute:The minstrel eloquently luted his melancholy.
  • Arabic al ‘ūd literally, the wood
  • Old Provencal laut
  • Middle French, Old French
  • Middle English 1325–75

lute2  (lo̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n., v., lut•ed, lut•ing. 
n. 
  1. Buildingluting.

v.t. 
  1. Buildingto seal or cement with luting.
  • Medieval Latin lutum, special use of Latin lutum mud, clay
  • late Middle English 1375–1425

lute3  (lo̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n., v., lut•ed, lut•ing. 
n. 
  1. Buildinga paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.

v.t. 
  1. Buildingto spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute.
  • Dutch loet
  • 1870–75, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lute /luːt/ n
  1. an ancient plucked stringed instrument, consisting of a long fingerboard with frets and gut strings, and a body shaped like a sliced pear
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French lut, via Old Provençal from Arabic al 'ūd, literally: the wood
lute /luːt/ n
  1. Also called: luting a mixture of cement and clay used to seal the joints between pipes, etc
  2. a thin layer of cement used to fix a crown or inlay in place on a tooth
 vb
  1. (transitive) to seal (a joint or surface) with lute
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French ultimately from Latin lutum clay
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