cítara
See also: citara and citará
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cithara. Doublet of cistre and guitarra.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈsi.tə.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾa/
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
Noun
cítara f (plural cítaras)
- zither
Derived terms
- citarista
Further reading
- “cítara” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
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/ [ˈθi.t̪a.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsitaɾa/ [ˈsi.t̪a.ɾa]
- 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