guitar

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English

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An acoustic guitar

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Etymology

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    From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither.

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    guitar (plural guitars)

    1. (music) 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.
    2. (music) 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.

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    • axe (slang)
    • gat (New Zealand slang)

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    Verb

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    guitar (third-person singular simple present guitars, present participle guitaring, simple past and past participle guitared)

    1. (informal) To play the guitar.
      • 2020, Becky Manawatu, Auē, page 139:
        We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.

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    Catalan

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    Etymology

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    From guit +‎ -ar.

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    guitar (first-person singular present guito, first-person singular preterite guití, past participle guitat)

    1. (intransitive) to kick, to buck (of horses and mules)

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    Danish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ɡitar/, [ˈɡ̊itˢɑːˀ]

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    guitar c (singular definite guitaren, plural indefinite guitarer)

    1. guitar

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