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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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tailpiece
English
Etymology
tail +? piece
Noun
tailpiece (plural tailpieces)
- An appendage or appendix.
- (music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
- (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
- The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
- The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
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