lutrin
French, noun/ly.tʁɛ̃/
lutrin is spelled L-U-T-R-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lutrin is a French masculine noun meaning “lectern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pupitre élevé dans le chœur d’une église, sur lequel on met les livres dont on se sert pour chanter l’office”.
What does lutrin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelectern
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pupitre élevé dans le chœur d’une église, sur lequel on met les livres dont on se sert pour chanter l’office. 2. Pupitre léger sur lequel le musicien ou le chef d’orchestre pose les partitions qu’il interprète.
adjective: 1. Relatif à la loutre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lutrin
- lutrins plural
- lutrine singular feminine
- lutrines plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lutrin?
- /ly.tʁɛ̃/
- \ly.tʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lutrin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lutrin in French?
lutrin appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).