tute

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noun

A trick-taking card game, originally from Italy.

“How did you know I went to the tute?”

UncommonScrabble 4

Meanings

tute1

nountute (plural tutes)

plural tutes · alternative tut

  1. abbreviationslangAbbreviation of tutorial.

    Tute [tutorial] in the morning. Morrison couldn't think of much to say to us.'

    1991, Hazel Holt, A lot to ask: a life of Barbara Pym, Dutton, page 29
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    The highlight of my day was at the end of the tute when the two Asian students came up to me and thanked me for letting them read.

    2002, Michael Singh, Worlds of learning: globalisation and multicultural education, Common Ground, page 35

    Many online genres - like the homless blog, the electronic petition, the review, and the "tute" [...] are often public

    2009, Janet Giltrow, Dieter Stein, Genres in the Internet: issues in the theory of genre, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 127

tute2

nountute (plural tutes)

plural tutes · alternative 'tute

  1. abbreviationslangAbbreviation of institute.

    How did you know I went to the tute?

tute3

nountute (plural tutes)

plural tutes

  1. card gamesA trick-taking card game, originally from Italy.

Origin

tute · noun

  1. Italiantutti
  2. Spanishtute
  3. Englishtute

From Spanish tute, previously from Italian tutti.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan tuti
  • tuticard game
French tute
  • tutecard game
Portuguese tute
  • tutecard game
Spanish tute
  • tutecard game

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tute

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Sounds the same

toot (yod-dropping)toot (yod-dropping)
Cite this entry
APA

tute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tute

MLA

“tute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tute. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tute,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tute.

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