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, luthière (fr) f
• German: Lautenbauer m, Lautenbauerin f, Geigenbauer (de) m, Geigenbauerin (de) f, Gitarrenbauer (de) m, Gitarrenbauerin f
• Italian: liutaio (it) m, liutaia f
• Occitan: laütièr m, laütièra f
• Polish: lutnik (pl) m, lutniczka f
• 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

French

Etymology

From 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.

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