lute

«lute» in Mova's school dictionary: an old stringed musical instrument with a pear-shaped… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a lute, lutes)

meaning for a pupil

1) A lute is an old stringed musical instrument with a pear-shaped body and a bent-back neck, played by plucking the strings with the fingers. tree →

2) (rare) Lute is a sticky paste used to seal joints. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music and history lessons the lute was very popular in Europe in the Middle Ages and Renaissance; minstrels and courtiers played it. It came from the Arabic «oud». In stories a bard with a lute sings at the castle. Phrases: «play the lute», «lute music».

examples

• The minstrel played his lute at the banquet. tree →
• A lute has a round back like half a pear. tree →
• Queen Elizabeth I could play the lute. tree →
• We heard lute music on the museum tour. tree →
• The lute came to Europe from the Arabic oud. tree →
• The bard tuned his lute before the song. tree →
• The Prince sat down and strummed away on the lute [gusli]. tree →

note

Countable. Homophone: «loot» (stolen goods) sounds the same in most accents. A person who plays it is a «lutenist» or «lutanist»; a person who makes stringed instruments is a «luthier».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lute» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.