What Does Lute Mean?

Lute is used as a noun and also a verb. As a noun lute has two different meanings. Lute is a pear-shaped stringed instrument. It is not round like pear but rather it has shape like a pear that is sliced lengthwise. The neck has a fretted finger-board which is bent below near the tuning pegs. This word has its origin in Arabic and is taken from the word al-ud. Al means 'the' and 'ud' means 'wood' or 'stem' or 'lute'. Later, it was modified by the Old Provencal as 'laut' and by the Old French as 'lut'. Then, it was adapted by Middle English.

The second meaning of 'lute' originated in Middle English. The word was adapted from the Old French word 'lut'. Lut was derived from the Latin word 'lutum' which meant 'potter's clay'. Lute is a substance that is used in packing and sealing pipe joints. It could also be used to coat porous surfaces to make them intact. Lute resembles dried clay or cement. Thus, the verb lute means ' to seal or coat with lute'.