A lute is a plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back.

Lute or lutes may also refer to:

People Luther Lute Barnes (born 1947), American former Major League Baseball player Lutellus Lute Boone (1890–1982), American Major League Baseball player Lute Drummond (1879–1949), Australian operatic coach and music director Luther Lute Jerstad (1936–1998), American mountaineer and mountain guide Robert Luther Lute Olson (1934–2020), American basketball coach Lucius Lute Pease (1869–1963), American editorial cartoonist and journalist Cees Lute (1941–2022), Dutch cyclist Douglas Lute (born 1952), retired United States Army lieutenant general Jane Holl Lute (born 1956), United States government official, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 through 2013, wife of Douglas Lute Lutes (surname), including a list of people with the name El Lute, nickname of Eleuterio Sánchez (born 1942), Spanish pardoned criminal and writer Lute (rapper), American rapper Luther Nicholson (born 1989)

Chemistry and medicine Lute, in chemical engineering another term for a U-bend Lute (material), a substance used historically in chemistry and alchemy experiments Lutes (brand name), a combined estrogen and progestogen medication

Other uses Lute, Poland, a village Lutes, nickname of the sports teams of Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, Washington, United States Lute!, a 2012 rework of Blondel (musical) Lute (Hazbin Hotel), a character from the animated adult musical Hazbin Hotel

See also

Lutte (disambiguation)