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Etymology · Middle French

lut

2 English words descend from Middle French lut, most common first.

luteA fretted stringed instrument, 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.
lutenistOne who plays the lute, a lutist.