guitar
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guitar
- /ɡɪˈtɑː/ UK
- /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ US
- /ˈɡɪt.ɑɹ/ Southern US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither, but not related to sitar.
noun guitars · guittar · gittar
- A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). Learning to strum the guitar rhythmically is essential.
- Any type of musical instrument of the lute family, characterized by a flat back, along with a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
verb guitars · guitaring · guitared · guittar · gittar
- To play the guitar. We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bass, instrument, knot, electric guitar, classical guitar, spanish guitar, flamenco guitar, steel-string guitar, acoustic guitar, parlour guitar, axe, gitfiddle, resonator guitar, slide guitar, dreadnought, flat-top
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noun musical instrument
| Español | guitarra, jarana |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기타 gita |
| 日本語 | ギター gitā |
| 中文 | 吉他 jítā, 六弦琴 liùxiánqín |
| हिन्दी | गिटार giṭār |
| Kiswahili | gitaa |
| Português | guitarra, violão |
| Français | guitare |
| Deutsch | Gitarre |
| Italiano | chitarra |
| Ελληνικά | κιθάρα kithára |
| Română | ghitară, chitară |
| Русский | гита́ра gitára |
| Tiếng Việt | đàn ghi-ta, ghi-ta, lục huyền cầm, tây ban cầm |
| العربية | قِيثَارَة qīṯāra, جِيتَار gitār |
| עברית | גִּיטָרָה gitára |
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title = {guitar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guitar},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
