different between lute vs viol
lute
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l(j)u?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /lu?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
- Homophone: loot (in accents with yod-dropping)
Etymology 1
From Middle French lut (modern luth), from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic ????????? (al-??d, “wood”) (probably representing an Andalusian Arabic or North African pronunciation). Doublet of oud.
Noun
lute (plural lutes)
- A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, 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)
- To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.
- Knaves are men / That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.
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See also
Etymology 2
From Old French lut, ultimately from Latin lutum (“mud”).
Noun
lute (countable and uncountable, plural lutes)
- Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
- 1830, Thomas Thomson (chemist) The History of Chemistry, Vol. 1, p. 41:
- He employed a mixture of flour and white of egg spread upon a linen cloth to cement cracked glass vessels, and used other lutes for similar purposes.
- 1830, Thomas Thomson (chemist) The History of Chemistry, Vol. 1, p. 41:
- A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
- (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)
- To fix or fasten something with lute.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Friend's Friend’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005, page 179:
- To protect everything till it dried, a man […] luted a big blue paper cap from a cracker, with meringue-cream, low down on Jevon's forehead.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Friend's Friend’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005, page 179:
Further reading
- lute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Tuel, tuel, tule
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lut?/, [?lut?]
Adjective
lute
- inflection of luty:
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Middle Dutch
Etymology
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Noun
lute f
- 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 ????????? (al-??d, “wood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu?t?/
Noun
lûte f
- A lute.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse lúta, from Proto-Germanic *l?tan?.
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 lut)
- (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 lut)
- (transitive) to soak, treat in lye
Etymology 3
From Old Norse hluta, from Proto-Germanic *hlut?n?.
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 lut)
- to allot
References
- “lute” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- letu, ulet, ulte
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu.t?/
Adjective
lute
- inflection of luty:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Noun
lute m inan
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of luty
Portuguese
Verb
lute
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of lutar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of lutar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of lutar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of lutar
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viol
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?va?.?l/
Homophones: vial, vile
Noun
viol (plural viols)
- (music) A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold
- (nautical) A large rope used to manipulate the anchor
Synonyms
- viola d'amore
- viola da gamba
- gamba (informal)
Hypernyms
- stringed instrument
Hyponyms
- Baryton trios
- chest of viols
- division viol
- lyra viol
- pardessus de viole
- triple contrabass viol
- viola bastarde
- violone
Translations
References
- 2010. Stradivari. Stewart Pollens. Pg. 143.
Verb
viol (third-person singular simple present viols, present participle violing, simple past and past participle violed)
- To play the viol.
- 1914, Thomas Hardy, Seen by the Waits
- Through snowy woods and shady / We went to play a tune / To the lonely manor-lady / By the light of the Christmas moon. / We violed till, upward glancing / To where a mirror leaned, / It showed her airily dancing […]
- 1914, Thomas Hardy, Seen by the Waits
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Latin viol? (“to violate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vj?l/
Noun
viol m (plural viols)
- a rape
Derived terms
Related terms
- violence
- violer
Further reading
- “viol” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Latin viol? (“to violate”).
Noun
viol m (plural viols)
- (Jersey) rape
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French viol.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi?ol/
Noun
viol n (plural violuri)
- rape, violation
Declension
Synonyms
- batjocorire
- necinstire
- siluire
- violare
Related terms
- a viola
- a r?pi
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??u?l/
Noun
viol c
- violet (the flower)
Anagrams
- oliv
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