guitar
/ɡɪˈtɑː/gih-TAHR
/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/gih-TAHR
Meaninga lyre
Common meaning: a six-stringed instrument
- guita lyre-like stringed instrumentLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 806 · scan
- aradjective or noun ending: of, belonging to
Journey through time
- Greekκιθάρα‘a lyre-like stringed instrument’
- Latincithara
- Frenchguitare
- Englishguitar‘a six-stringed instrument’ · today
guit also in: zither
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek κιθάρα ‘a lyre-like stringed instrument’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry κιθάρα, p. 806 · dictionary scan
Roots
- κιθάρα Greek “a lyre-like stringed instrument”
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