chitarra

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cetra, inherited from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtar.ra/
• Rhymes: -arra
• Hyphenation: chi‧tàr‧ra

Noun

chitarra f (plural chitarre)

1. (music) guitar
2. (cooking) a tool used in making pasta: a frame with a series of parallel wires crossing it

Derived terms

• alla chitarra
• chitarra acustica
• chitarra battente
• chitarra decacorde
• chitarra elettrica
• chitarrina
• chitarrine
• chitarrino
• chitarrista

 

Descendants

• → Greek: κιθάρα (kithára)
• → Romanian: chitară

Sicilian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtaʐʐa/
• Hyphenation: chi‧tàr‧ra

Noun

chitarra f (plural chitarri)

1. (music) guitar