guitare

See also: gùitâre

French

Alternative forms

guithare (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة‎ (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cithare and cistre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡi.taʁ/
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Noun

guitare f (plural guitares)

guitar

Synonyms

(France) gratte
(Quebec) guit

Derived terms

Descendants

Terms borrowed from guitare

Hijazi Arabic: قيتار‎ (gītār)
Central Franconian: Jitta
Vietnamese: ghi-ta

See also

cithare, cistre, citole

Further reading

“guitare” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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