/ luːt; NAmE / noun
an early type of musical instrument with strings, played like a guitar
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Old French lut , leut , probably via Provençal from Arabic al-'ūd .
/ luːt; NAmE / noun
an early type of musical instrument with strings, played like a guitar
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Old French lut , leut , probably via Provençal from Arabic al-'ūd .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005