🇫🇷 French

guitare

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la guitare

guitar

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guitare
/la ɡitaʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say guitare in French?

IPA
/la ɡitaʁ/

How do you pronounce guitare in French?

guitare is pronounced /la ɡitaʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La guitare classique est plus difficile à jouer que la guitare électrique.

The classical guitar is more difficult to play than the electric guitar.

Ma nouvelle guitare acoustique est très belle et elle sonne merveilleusement bien.

My new acoustic guitar is very beautiful and it sounds wonderfully good.

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Why is it feminine?

Guitare is feminine because it derives from Spanish "guitarra," which came from Arabic "qitārah," and this word followed the feminine gender pattern of similar -e ending nouns in French (like "table" and "chaise"). The feminine assignment likely solidified through the Spanish feminine form before entering French.

What is the French word for guitar?

The French word for guitar is la guitare — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishguitarralafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianchitarralafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseguitarraafeminine

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