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classical guitar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum.

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15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: класи́ческа кита́ра (klasíčeska kitára) — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Catalan: guitarra clàssica — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Chinese Mandarin: 古典吉他 (gǔdiǎn jítā) — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Dutch: klassieke gitaar — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Finnish: klassinen kitara — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • French: guitare classique — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Hungarian: klasszikus gitár — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Irish: giotár clasaiceach — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Polish: gitara klasyczna — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Polish: klasyk — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Portuguese: violão — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Portuguese: guitarra clássica — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Romanian: chitară clasică — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Russian: класси́ческая гита́ра (klassíčeskaja gitára) — guitar used primarily for classical music
  • Swedish: klassisk gitarr — guitar used primarily for classical music