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luthier

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈluː.ti.ə/
  • UK: /ˈljuː.ti.ə/
  • US: /ˈluː.ti.ɚ/
  • US: /ˈluː.θi.ɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: violin maker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: instrument maker

2

noun

Meaning 2

a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: лютиер (ljutier) — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Catalan: lutier — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Esperanto: lutieristo — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Finnish: kielisoitinten rakentaja — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Finnish: viulunrakentaja — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Finnish: kitaranrakentaja — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • French: luthier — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • French: luthière — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • German: Lautenbauer — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • German: Lautenbauerin — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • German: Geigenbauer — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • German: Geigenbauerin — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • German: Gitarrenbauer — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • German: Gitarrenbauerin — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Italian: liutaio — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Italian: liutaia — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Occitan: laütièr — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Occitan: laütièra — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Polish: lutnik — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Polish: lutniczka — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Portuguese: lutiê — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Quechua: lutier — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Romanian: lutier — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Slovak: husliar — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Slovak: lutnár — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Spanish: lutier — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Vietnamese: thợ làm đàn — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Walloon: lutî — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
  • Walloon: lutresse — a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument
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