Guitar Definition

gĭ-tär
guitars
noun
A musical instrument related to the lute but having a flat back and usually six strings that are plucked or strummed with the fingers or a plectrum.
Webster's New World
verb

(rare) To play the guitar.

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Other Word Forms of Guitar

Noun

Singular:
guitar
Plural:
guitars

Origin of Guitar

  • From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قيثارة (qīθāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithara). Compare cither.

    From Wiktionary

  • French guitare from Spanish guitarra from Greek kitharā cithara

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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