luthier

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

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

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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

• lute
• lutherie

• Luthrie

From luth +‎ -ier.

• IPA^(key): /ly.tje/

luthier m (plural luthiers)

1. luthier, violin maker

• English: luthier

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

Unadapted borrowing from French luthier.

luthier m (plural luthiers or luthieres)

1. alternative spelling of lutier

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “luthier”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024