lutrin

See also: lütrin

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French leitrun, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin lectrinum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin lectrum, from lēctus, perfect passive participle of legō (“I read”). The noun was influenced by lu, past participle of lire, from a similar root.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lutrin m (plural lutrins)

1. lectern

Descendants

• → Dutch: lutrijn

Further reading

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