Meaning

2 senses
  1. A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

    Learning to strum the guitar rhythmically is essential.

    She was carrying her guitar in a fancily-decorated case.

    Gitarre

    гита́раgitára

    гіта́раhitára

    a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

  2. 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.

Examples

1277 sentences
  1. I want to play the guitar.

    Я хочу грати на гітарі. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу поиграть на гитаре. — sharptoothed

    deIch möchte Gitarre spielen. — Espi

  2. I play the guitar after school.

    Я граю на гітарі після уроків. — deniko

    ruПосле школы я играю на гитаре. — Hellerick

    deNach dem Unterricht spiele ich Gitarre. — SeeVogel

  3. I play the guitar before dinner.

    Я граю на гітарі до обіду. — mkazarian

    deIch spiele Gitarre vor dem Abendessen. — Esperantostern

  4. He's very good at playing guitar.

    Він чудово грає на гітарі. — deniko

    ruОн очень хорошо играет на гитаре. — vilnat

    deEr spielt sehr gut Gitarre. — Dejo

  5. Are you still playing the guitar?

    Ти ще граєш на гітарі? — deniko

    ruВы всё ещё играете на гитаре? — sharptoothed

    deSpielst du noch Gitarre? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
musical instrument:
Deutsch
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musical instrument:

Origin

From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā

From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither, but not related to sitar.

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Forms

plural: guitars
Singularguitar
Pluralguitars

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

52 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • play the guitar
  • playing the guitar
  • play guitar
  • playing guitar
  • guitar player
  • guitar very well
  • guitar as well
  • playing his guitar
  • my old guitar
  • good guitar player
  • be playing guitar
  • play lead guitar

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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