cítara

See also: citara and citará

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cithara. Doublet of cistre and guitarra.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tə.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾa/

Noun

cítara f (plural cítares)

1. zither

Derived terms

• citarista

Further reading

• “cítara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Noun

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither

Derived terms

• citarista

Further reading

• “cítara” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

cítara

Alternative forms

• cíthara (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic, and of cítola and cistre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• citarista

Related terms

• guitarra, lira

Further reading

• “cítara” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic. Cf. also Old Spanish cedra, which was inherited from a Vulgar Latin variant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθitaɾa/ [ˈθi.t̪a.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsitaɾa/ [ˈsi.t̪a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -itaɾa
• Syllabification: cí‧ta‧ra

Noun

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• citarista

 

Related terms

• guitarra

 

Further reading

• “cítara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014