English Explanatory Dictionary

guitar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
  2. 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
  1. To play the guitar.

Pronunciation

/ɡɪˈtɑː/ en-uk-guitar.ogg /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ en-us-guitar.ogg /ˈɡɪt.ɑɹ/ /ɡɪˈʈɑʳ/ [ɡɪ.ʈäː(ɾ)]

Word forms

guitar guitars guittar gittar guitaring guitared

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā)bor. Aramaic קיתראbor. Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor. Old Spanish guitarra Spanish guitarrabor. English guitar From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither.

Synonyms

axe gat guitar

Related words

capo capotasto plectrum pick

Derived words

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