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Synonyms for lutes

Grammar : Noun
Spell : loot
Phonetic Transcription : lut

Top 10 synonyms for lutes
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Définition of lutes

Origin :
  • stringed musical instrument, late 13c., from Old French lut, leut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al-'ud, the Arabian lute, literally "the wood" (source of Spanish laud, Portuguese alaude, Italian liuto), where al is the definite article. A player is a lutist (1620s) or a lutanist (c.1600, from Medieval Latin hybrid lutanista).
  • As in cement : noun gluing, binding material
Example sentences :
  • The three poets, with three lutes, were singing a madrigal in her honour.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • Maler appears to have been regarded by Lutinists as the Stradivari of Lutes.
  • Extract from : « The Violin » by George Hart
  • In this way, and while playing on the harp and the lutes, her solitude was best endured.
  • Extract from : « Barbara Blomberg, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • There were the birds, the little dogs, and the lutes on the wall near the Apollo.
  • Extract from : « The Emperor, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • In a corner some musicians discoursed on viols and lutes and a clavier.
  • Extract from : « The Mercenary » by W. J. Eccott
  • There were twelve lutes (six in one window and six in another).
  • Extract from : « Old and New London » by Walter Thornbury
  • Insane laughter re-echoed in his ears, and the music of lutes, irresistible in its languor-compelling potency.
  • Extract from : « The Doomsman » by Van Tassel Sutphen
  • Orpheus and Agne followed next to Herse and the steward, and after them came two slaves, carrying the lutes and pipes.
  • Extract from : « Serapis, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • To this succeed the management and composition of lutes, and a chapter on bending blowing, and cutting glass.
  • Extract from : « Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 » by Various
  • From afar the rumors of revelry, the brouhaha of a mad population, saluted his deaf ears, the distant music of lutes and viols.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
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