cítara

Learned borrowing from Latin cithara. Doublet of cistre and guitarra.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.tə.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsi.ta.ɾa]

cítara f (plural cítares)

1. zither

• citarista

• “cítara”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• Rhymes: -itaɾa
• Hyphenation: cí‧ta‧ra

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither

• citarista

• “cítara”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• cíthara (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic, and of cítola and cistre.

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither (musical instrument)

• citarista

• guitarra, lira

• “cítara” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of guitarra and cedra, the former entered through Arabic, and the latter was inherited from a Vulgar Latin variant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθitaɾa/ [ˈθi.t̪a.ɾa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsitaɾa/ [ˈsi.t̪a.ɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -itaɾa
• Syllabification: cí‧ta‧ra

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. (music) zither (musical instrument)

• “cítara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024