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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)
- (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).
- (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)
- (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)
- 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)
- (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.
- (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)
- maraca
Danish
Noun
maraca c (singular definite maracaen, plural indefinite maracaer)
- 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)
- A maraca, percussion instrument
Spanish
Etymology
From Guaraní mbaracá.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma?ra?ca
Noun
maraca f (plural maracas)
- a maraca, percussion instrument
- (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a whore
- (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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