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guitar

English

Alternative forms

  • guittar (obsolete)
  • gittar (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic ?????????? (q???ra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kithára). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /???t??(?)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /???t??/
  • (Southern American English) IPA(key): /???.t??/
  • IPA(key): /?i?t??/
  • IPA(key): /???t??/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)
    Hyphenation: gui?tar
  • Rhymes: -??

Noun

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).
  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.

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

  • chordophone
  • lute
  • stringed instrument

Hyponyms

  • acoustic guitar
  • electric guitar

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

References

  • 2000. The Acoustic Guitar Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Maintain an Acoustic Guitar. Larry Sandberg. Pg. 4.

Verb

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

  1. (rare) To play the guitar.

See also

  • Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Anagrams

  • Ugarit

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?itar/, [???it????]

Noun

guitar c (singular definite guitaren, plural indefinite guitarer)

  1. guitar

Inflection

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maraca

English

Etymology

From Portuguese, derived from Old Tupi maráka or Guaraní mbaraka.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /m???æ.k?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /m????.k?/
  • Rhymes: -æk?

Noun

maraca (plural maracas)

  1. (music) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.
  2. (slang, in the plural) breasts

Derived terms

  • maracaist

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Camara

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maraca.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /m???a.k?/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ma??a.ka/

Noun

maraca f (plural maraques)

  1. maraca

Danish

Noun

maraca c (singular definite maracaen, plural indefinite maracaer)

  1. maraca

Declension

References

  • “maraca” in Den Danske Ordbog

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi maráka or Guaraní mbaraka

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma??a.k?/
  • Hyphenation: ma?ra?ca

Noun

maraca f (plural maracas)

  1. A maraca, percussion instrument

Spanish

Etymology

From Guaraní mbaracá.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma?ra?ca

Noun

maraca f (plural maracas)

  1. a maraca, percussion instrument
  2. (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a whore
  3. (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a gay

Related terms

  • maraco

Further reading

  • “maraca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

  • cámara

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