how to pronounce guitar

/ɡɪˈtɑːɹ/

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the above transcription of guitar is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

guitar is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of guitar in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… these things and so a guitar maker in …”

meaning of guitar

A guitar is a musical instrument that is played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers.

guitar frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word guitar occurs in english on average 41.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics guitar can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that guitar can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;