guitar
Etymology
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Etymology
From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة, from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ.
Pronunciation Nounguitar (plural guitars)
- (musical instrument) 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.
- She was carrying her guitar in a fancily-decorated case.
- The band is looking for a new guitar player.
- (musical instrument) 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.
- French: guitare
- German: Gitarre
- Italian: chitarra
- Portuguese: guitarra, violão
- Russian: гита́ра
- Spanish: guitarra, jarana (small)
guitar (guitars, present participle guitaring; simple past and past participle guitared)
- (informal) To play the guitar.
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