electric guitar

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɛk.tɹɪk ɡɪˈtɑːɹ/

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Noun

electric guitar (plural electric guitars)

1. A guitar which requires electronic amplification to produce sufficient sound.

   He's playing the electric guitar and she's playing the drums!

Coordinate terms

• acoustic guitar
• bass guitar
• electric bass

Derived terms

• electric guitarist

Translations

guitar which requires electronic amplification

• Belarusian: электрагітара f (eljektrahitara)
• Breton: gitar tredan m
• Catalan: guitarra elèctrica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電吉他／电吉他 (zh) (diànjítā)

• Cornish: gitar tredanek m
• Czech: elektrická kytara f
• Danish: elguitar c
• Dutch: elektrische gitaar m or f
• Esperanto: elektrogitaro
• Estonian: elektrikitarr (et)
• Finnish: sähkökitara (fi)
• French: guitare électrique (fr) f
• Galician: guitarra eléctrica f
• Georgian: ელექტროგიტარა (elekṭrogiṭara)
• German: Elektrogitarre (de) f
• Greek: ηλεκτρική κιθάρα f (ilektrikí kithára)
• Hungarian: elektromos gitár (hu)
• Icelandic: rafmagnsgítar m
• Italian: chitarra elettrica (it)
• Japanese: エレキギター (erekigitā), エレクトリックギター (ja) (erekutorikku gitā), 電気ギター (denkigitā)
• Korean: 전기 기타 (jeon'gi gita)
• Luxembourgish: elektresch Gittar f
• Macedonian: електрична гитара f (električna gitara)
• Malay: gitar elektrik (ms)
• Maori: kitā hiko, kitā hiko
• Marathi: इलेक्ट्रिक गिटार f (ilekṭrik giṭār), विद्युत गिटार (vidyut giṭār)
• Polish: gitara elektryczna (pl) f, elektryk (pl) m
• Portuguese: guitarra elétrica (pt) f
• Romanian: chitară electrică (ro) f
• Russian: электрогита́ра (ru) f (elektrogitára)
• Scottish Gaelic: giotàr dealain m
• Spanish: guitarra eléctrica f
• Swedish: elgitarr (sv) c
• Turkish: elektro gitar
• Ukrainian: електрогіта́ра f (elektrohitára)
• Yiddish: עלעקטרישע גיטאַר (elektrishe gitar)

Further reading

• electric guitar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia