🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기타

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gita

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Guitar/ɡɪˈtɑːr/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 기타를 연주합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A stringed musical instrument played by plucking or strumming the strings.

    "He played a beautiful melody on his guitar during the concert."
  2. 2

    A person who plays the guitar.

    "She is an accomplished guitar who performs at local venues."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word originates from the Spanish 'guitarra', which traces back through the Andalusian Arabic 'qīthāra' to the Latin 'cithara', ultimately deriving from the ancient Greek 'kithara', a type of lyre. The term evolved over centuries to describe various stringed instruments before settling on the modern guitar during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

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