luth
English
Etymology
Noun
luth (plural luths)
- The leatherback turtle.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for luth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
luth
Etymology
From Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, leüz, probably borrowed from Old Occitan laüt or laütz, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʿūd, “wood”); possibly through the intermediate of Old Spanish alod, alaut, laúd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lyt/
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Further reading
- “luth” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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