Phrase guide

electric guitar

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /əˈlɛk.tɹɪk ɡɪˈtɑːɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A guitar which requires electronic amplification to produce sufficient sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He's playing the electric guitar and she's playing the drums!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: guitar

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: elektriese kitaar — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Belarusian: электрагітара (eljektrahitara) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Breton: gitar tredan — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Catalan: guitarra elèctrica — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電吉他 /电吉他 (diànjítā) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Cornish: gitar tredanek — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Czech: elektrická kytara — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Danish: elguitar — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Dutch: elektrische gitaar — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Esperanto: elektrogitaro — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Estonian: elektrikitarr — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Finnish: sähkökitara — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • French: guitare électrique — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Galician: guitarra eléctrica — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Georgian: ელექტროგიტარა (elekṭrogiṭara) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • German: Elektrogitarre — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Greek: ηλεκτρική κιθάρα (ilektrikí kithára) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Hungarian: elektromos gitár — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Icelandic: rafmagnsgítar — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Italian: chitarra elettrica — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Japanese: エレキギター (erekigitā) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Japanese: エレクトリックギター (erekutorikku gitā) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Japanese: 電気ギター (denkigitā) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Japanese: エレキ (ereki) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Korean: 전기 기타 (jeon'gi gita) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Korean: 일렉트릭 기타 (illekteurik gita) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Korean: 일렉 기타 (illek gita) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Luxembourgish: elektresch Gittar — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Macedonian: електрична гитара (električna gitara) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Malay: gitar elektrik — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Māori: kitā hiko — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Marathi: इलेक्ट्रिक गिटार (ilekṭrik giṭār) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Marathi: विद्युत गिटार (vidyut giṭār) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Polish: gitara elektryczna — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Polish: elektryk — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Portuguese: guitarra elétrica — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Romanian: chitară electrică — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Russian: электрогита́ра (elektrogitára) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Scottish Gaelic: giotàr dealain — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Spanish: guitarra eléctrica — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Swedish: elgitarr — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Turkish: elektro gitar — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Ukrainian: електрогіта́ра (elektrohitára) — guitar which requires electronic amplification
  • Yiddish: עלעקטרישע גיטאַר (elektrishe gitar) — guitar which requires electronic amplification