guitare

See also: gùitâre

French

Alternative forms

• guithare (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة‎ (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cithare and cistre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.taʁ/

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Noun

guitare f (plural guitares)

1. guitar

Synonyms

• (France) gratte
• (Quebec) guit

Derived terms

• guitare acoustique
• guitare basse
• guitare électrique

Descendants

Terms borrowed from guitare

• Hijazi Arabic: قيتار‎ (gītār)
• Central Franconian: Jitta
• Vietnamese: ghi-ta

See also

• cithare, cistre, citole

Further reading

• “guitare” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Gautier
• urgeait