luthier

luthier

English

WOTD – 12 June 2010

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/

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Noun

luthier (plural luthiers)

1. 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

• lute
• lutherie

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 German: Geigenbauer (de) m, Geigenbauerin (de) f Italian: liutaio (it) m Occitan: laütièr m Polish: lutnik (pl) m 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

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French

Etymology

luth +‎ -ier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.tje/

Noun

luthier m (plural luthiers)

1. luthier, violin maker

Descendants

• English: luthier

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Noun

luthier m (plural luthiers or luthieres)

1. Alternative spelling of lutier

Further reading

• “luthier”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014