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guitar

English

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An acoustic guitar

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Etymology

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    Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā)bor.
    Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor.
    Spanish guitarrabor.
    English guitar

    From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither.

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    Noun

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    guitar (plural guitars)

    1. (music) 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.
      The band is looking for a new guitar player.
    2. (music) 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.

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    • axe (slang)
    • gat (New Zealand slang)

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    Verb

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    guitar (third-person singular simple present guitars, present participle guitaring, simple past and past participle guitared)

    1. (informal) To play the guitar.
      • 2020, Becky Manawatu, Auē, page 139:
        We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.

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    Etymology

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    From guit +‎ -ar.

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    Verb

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    guitar (first-person singular present guito, first-person singular preterite guití, past participle guitat)

    1. (intransitive) to kick, to buck (of horses and mules)

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        Conjugation of guitar (first conjugation)
    infinitive guitar
    gerund guitant
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular guitat guitada
    plural guitats guitades
    person singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative jo tu ell/ella
    vostè     		nosaltres
    nós     		vosaltres
    vós     		ells/elles
    vostès
    present guito guites guita guitem guiteu guiten
    imperfect guitava guitaves guitava guitàvem guitàveu guitaven
    future guitaré guitaràs guitarà guitarem guitareu guitaran
    preterite guití guitares guità guitàrem guitàreu guitaren
    conditional guitaria guitaries guitaria guitaríem guitaríeu guitarien
    subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
    vostè     		nosaltres
    nós     		vosaltres
    vós     		ells/elles
    vostès
    present guiti guitis guiti guitem guiteu guitin
    imperfect guités guitessis guités guitéssim guitéssiu guitessin
    imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
    vós     		vostès
    affirmative — guita guiti guitem guiteu guitin
    negative (no) — no guitis no guiti no guitem no guiteu no guitin
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    Danish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ɡitar/, [ˈɡ̊itˢɑːˀ]

    Noun

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    guitar c (singular definite guitaren, plural indefinite guitarer)

    1. guitar

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    Declension of guitar
    common
    gender     		Singular Plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative guitar guitaren guitarer guitarerne
    genitive guitars guitarens guitarers guitarernes
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