chitarra

Italian (Fiorentino)

[kiˈt̪ar.ra]

noun
Definitions
  • (musical instrument) guitar
  • (cooking) A tool used in making pasta: a frame with a series of parallel wires crossing it.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة derived from Latin cithara (cithara, lyre, cithern, guitar, lute) derived from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kind of harp, lyre, a kind of harp, kithara).

Origin

Ancient Greek

κιθάρα

Gloss

kind of harp, lyre, a kind of harp, kithara

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