Definitions for guitargɪˈtɑr
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gui•tar*gɪˈtɑr(n.)
a stringed musical instrument with a long fretted neck, a violinlike body, and typically six strings plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
Category: Music and Dance
* Pron: See police.
Origin of guitar:
1615–25; < Sp guitarra < Ar kītārah蠐 Gk kithárakithara
gui•tar′ist(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
guitar(noun)
a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
guitar(noun)ɪˈtɑr
a musical instrument with strings that is held sideways and plucked
an electric guitar; He plays the guitar.
Wiktionary
guitar(Noun)
A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
guitar(Verb)
To play the guitar.
Origin: From guitarra, from قيثارة, from cithara, from κιθάρα. Compare cither.
Webster Dictionary
Guitar(noun)
a stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers
Translations for guitar
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
guitar(noun)
a type of musical instrument with usually six strings.
- kitaarAfrikaans
- قيثارArabic
- китараBulgarian
- guitarraPortuguese (BR)
- kytaraCzech
- die GitarreGerman
- guitarDanish
- κιθάραGreek
- guitarraSpanish
- kitarrEstonian
- گیتارFarsi
- kitaraFinnish
- guitareFrench
- גִּיטָרָהHebrew
- गिटार, एक वाद्य यंत्रHindi
- gitaraCroatian
- gitárHungarian
- gitarIndonesian
- gítarIcelandic
- chitarraItalian
- ギターJapanese
- 기타Korean
- gitaraLithuanian
- ģitāraLatvian
- gitarMalay
- gitaarDutch
- gitarNorwegian
- gitaraPolish
- گیتارPersian
- ګيتار ( دموسيقى يوه الهPashto
- guitarraPortuguese
- chitarăRomanian
- гитараRussian
- gitaraSlovak
- kitaraSlovenian
- gitaraSerbian
- gitarrSwedish
- กีตาร์ เครื่องเล่นดนตรีประเภทดีดThai
- gitarTurkish
- 吉他Chinese (Trad.)
- гітараUkrainian
- چھتارا، گٹارUrdu
- đàn ghi taVietnamese
- 吉他Chinese (Simp.)
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