guitare
French
noun
Definitions
- guitar
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian guitarra (guitar) derived from Arabic قِيثَارَة derived from Latin cithara (cithara, lyre, cithern, guitar, lute) derived from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kind of harp, lyre, a kind of harp, kithara).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κιθάρα
Gloss
kind of harp, lyre, a kind of harp, kithara
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cithara English
- cither English
- citole English
- guitar English
- kitara Finnish
- citera Latin
- cithara Latin
- citharicen Latin
- citharoedus Latin
- cithera Latin
- Bassgitarre German
- Elektrogitarre German
- Gitarre German
- Gitarrenbauer German
- Gitarrenklang German
- Gitarrenkonzert German
- Gitarrennoten German
- Gitarrenspiel German
- Gitarrenspieler German
- Gitarrespielen German
- Gitarrist German
- Konzertgitarre German
- Luftgitarre German
- Resonatorgitarre German
- Zither German
- gitár Hungarian
- chitarra Italian
- basgitaar Dutch, Flemish
- gitaar Dutch, Flemish
- gitarist Dutch, Flemish
- luchtgitaar Dutch, Flemish
- opblaasgitaar Dutch, Flemish
- cithare French
- гита́ра Russian
- гитара Russian
- cítara Spanish, Castilian
- guitarra Spanish, Castilian
- guitarrear Spanish, Castilian
- guitarrero Spanish, Castilian
- guitarrista Spanish, Castilian
- κιθάρα Ancient Greek
- κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ Ancient Greek
- cítara Portuguese
- elgitarr Swedish
- gitarr Swedish
- gitara Polish
- citer Danish
- قيثارة Arabic
- قِيثَارَة Arabic
- قِيثَارَة Arabic
- guiterne Old French
- gitara Serbo-Croatian
- гитара Serbo-Croatian
- κιθάρα Greek (modern)
- gitara Cebuano
- zithara Old High German
- կիթառ Old Armenian
- gitar Turkish
- ghi-ta Vietnamese
- gitara Tagalog
- גיטרה Hebrew (modern)
- cithara Old Dutch
- гитара Macedonian
- ហ្គីតា Central Khmer
- chitarra Sicilian
- קיתרא Aramaic
- gita Haitian, Haitian Creole
- Jitta Central Franconian
- gitara Sranan Tongo
- qui̱töra Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- gitarra Mezquital Otomi
- gitara Yogad
- gitara Cuyunon
- guitarra Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec
- ki̱tara Ayutla Mixtec