Etymology

lutherie

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Today it means: The craft of making stringed musical instruments. Full definition →

French lutherie
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  1. French · borrowed fromlutherie“manufacture of stringed instruments”
  2. English todaylutherie

From French lutherie (“manufacture of stringed instruments”). Doublet of luthiery.

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