liuto

English

Noun

liuto (uncountable)

  1. Alstroemeria ligtu, an herb or bush with large flowers, native to Chile.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French lut (modern luth), from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, wood). Cognate with Venetan lauto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈu.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: li‧ù‧to

Noun

liuto m (plural liuti)

  1. (music) lute

References

  1. ^ liuto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Old High German

Noun

liuto

  1. genitive plural of liut