luthier

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English

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luthier

A luthier at work.

Etymology

Borrowed from French luthier, from luth (“lute”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ti.ə/, /ˈljuː.ti.ə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ti.ɚ/, /ˈluː.θi.ɚ/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

luthier (plural luthiers)

A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.
Synonym: violin maker

Hypernym: instrument maker

Related terms

Translations

a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument

Bulgarian: лютиер m (ljutier)
Catalan: lutier m
Esperanto: lutieristo
Finnish: kielisoitinten rakentaja, viulunrakentaja (fi), kitaranrakentaja
French: luthier (fr) m, luthière (fr) f
German: Lautenbauer m, Lautenbauerin f, Geigenbauer (de) m, Geigenbauerin (de) f, Gitarrenbauer (de) m, Gitarrenbauerin (de) f
Italian: liutaio (it) m, liutaia f
Occitan: laütièr m, laütièra f
Polish: lutnik (pl) m, lutniczka f
Portuguese: lutiê (pt) m or f
Purepecha: please add this translation if you can
Quechua: lutier
Romanian: lutier (ro) m
Slovak: husliar m, lutnár m
Spanish: lutier m or f
Vietnamese: thợ làm đàn
Walloon: lutî m, lutresse f

Anagrams

Luthrie

French

Etymology

From luth +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ly.tje/

Noun

luthier m (plural luthiers)

luthier, violin maker

Descendants

English: luthier

Further reading

“luthier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Noun

luthier m (plural luthiers or luthieres)

Alternative spelling of lutier

Further reading

“luthier”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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