cítara

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See also: citara and citará

Catalan

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cítara

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cithara. Doublet of cistre and guitarra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

cítara f (plural cítares)

zither

Derived terms

citarista

Further reading

“cítara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθitaɾa/
IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsitaɾa/

Rhymes: -itaɾa
Hyphenation: cí‧ta‧ra

Noun

cítara f (plural cítaras)

zither

Derived terms

citarista

Further reading

“cítara”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

cítara

Alternative forms

cíthara (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic, and of cítola and cistre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

cítara f (plural cítaras)

zither (musical instrument)

Derived terms

citarista

Related terms

guitarra, lira

Further reading

“cítara” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic. Cf. also Old Spanish cedra, which was inherited from a Vulgar Latin variant.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθitaɾa/
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsitaɾa/
Rhymes: -itaɾa
Syllabification: cí‧ta‧ra

Noun

cítara f (plural cítaras)

zither (musical instrument)

Derived terms

citarista

Related terms

guitarra

Further reading

“cítara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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