Added 9 October 2026
guitar
/ɡɪˈtɑː/ noun
In Latin: fides, cithara Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about guitar at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
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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