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guitare

guitar

noun gee-TAR Less Common

Origin: Spanish 'guitarra', from Arabic 'qitara'

Usage Note

Guitare is always feminine, so it's une guitare. La guitare acoustique is acoustic and la guitare électrique is electric. The player is un/une guitariste, and the phrase jouer de la guitare (not jouer la guitare) is the correct way to say 'to play guitar'.

Examples

"Il joue de la guitare le soir."

Natural Translation

He plays guitar in the evening.

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