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guitarist

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɪˈtɑɹɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Philippines: /ɡɪˈtaɾɪst/
  • Philippines: /ˈɡitaɾɪst/
  • CMU ARPABET: G IH2 T AA1 R IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who plays a guitar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a musician who plays the guitar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: guitar player

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player

Narrower terms: Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix, James Marshall Hendrix, King, B. B. King, Riley B King, Ledbetter, Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly, Segovia, Andres Segovia

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā)bor. Aramaic קיתראbor. Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor. Old Spanish guitarra Spanish guitarrabor. English guitar Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English guitarist From guitar + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kitarist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Albanian: kitariste — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Arabic: عَازِف قِيثَارَة (ʕāzif qīṯāra) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Armenian: կիթառահար (kitʻaṙahar) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Asturian: guitarrista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Asturian: guitarreru — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Belarusian: гітары́ст (hitarýst) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Belarusian: гітары́стка (hitarýstka) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Bulgarian: китари́ст (kitaríst) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Bulgarian: китари́стка (kitarístka) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Catalan: guitarrista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吉他手 (jítāshǒu) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Czech: kytarista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Czech: kytaristka — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Danish: guitarist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Dutch: gitarist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Dutch: gitariste — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Dutch: gitaarspeler — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Dutch: gitaarspeelster — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Esperanto: gitaristo — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Estonian: kitarrist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Finnish: kitaristi — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Finnish: kitaransoittaja — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • French: guitariste — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Galician: guitarrista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Galician: guitarra — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Georgian: გიტარისტი (giṭarisṭi) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • German: Gitarrenspieler — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • German: Gitarrenspielerin — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • German: Gitarrist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • German: Gitarristin — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Greek: κιθαρίστας (kitharístas) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Greek: κιθαριστής (kitharistís) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Greek: κιθαρίστρια (kitharístria) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Hebrew: גִּיטָרִיסְט (gitaríst) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Hungarian: gitáros — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Icelandic: gítaristi — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Icelandic: gítarleikari — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Indonesian: gitaris — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Irish: giotáraí — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Italian: chitarrista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Japanese: ギタリスト (gitarisuto) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Korean: 기타리스트 (gitariseuteu) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Latin: guitarista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Latin: guitaristus — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Latvian: ģitārists — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Latvian: ģitāriste — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Lithuanian: gitaristas — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Lithuanian: gitaristė — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Macedonian: гитари́ст (gitaríst) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Macedonian: гитари́стка (gitarístka) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Malay: gitaris — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Māori: kairakuraku kitā — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gitarist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gitarist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Persian: گیتاریست (gitârist) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Persian: گیتارنواز (gitârnavâz) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Polish: gitarzysta — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Polish: gitarzystka — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Portuguese: guitarrista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Romanian: chitarist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Romanian: chitaristă — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Russian: гитари́ст (gitaríst) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Russian: гитари́стка (gitarístka) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Serbo-Croatian: гита̀рист — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Serbo-Croatian: гитариста — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Serbo-Croatian: гита̀ристица — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Serbo-Croatian: гитаристкиња — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Serbo-Croatian: gitàrist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Serbo-Croatian: gitarista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Serbo-Croatian: gitàristica — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Serbo-Croatian: gitaristkinja — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Slovak: gitarista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Slovak: gitaristka — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Slovene: kitarist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Slovene: kitaristka — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Spanish: guitarrista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Spanish: guitarrero — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Spanish: guitarra — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Swahili: mpiga gitaa — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Swedish: gitarrist — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Tagalog: gitarista — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Ukrainian: гітари́ст (hitarýst) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Ukrainian: гітари́стка (hitarýstka) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Vietnamese: người chơi ghi-ta — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Vietnamese: người đánh ghi-ta — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Vietnamese: ghi-ta thủ — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Vietnamese: người chơi lục huyền cầm — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Vietnamese: người chơi Tây Ban cầm — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Vietnamese: người đánh lục huyền cầm — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Vietnamese: người đánh Tây Ban cầm — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Vietnamese: Tây Ban cầm thủ — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Vietnamese: lục huyền cầm thủ — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Yakut: гитараһыт (gitarahït) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Yiddish: גיטאַריסט (gitarist) — person playing or performing on the guitar
  • Yiddish: גיטאַר־שפּילער (gitar-shpiler) — person playing or performing on the guitar
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