guitariste
Guitar player in French is guitariste.
guitariste means a guitar player or guitarist, whether amateur or professional.
How does it change in a sentence?
guitariste has the same form for a man or a woman. Only the article changes, so a male guitar player is Le guitariste.
Did you know?
- While guitariste is the standard term, French musicians often use the slang term gratteur, which literally means 'scratcher'. This comes from the verb gratter, referring to the action of scratching the strings.
- The word 'guitare' shares its ancestry with the Greek 'kithara', the ancient instrument that influenced almost all European stringed instruments.
- If you want to specify a female guitar player using more traditional gendered language, you might hear 'une joueuse de guitare' instead of the modern 'une guitariste'.
Examples in context
- Le guitariste est mon frère.The guitar player is my brother.Le guitariste is a male guitar player, shown by the article Le.Tatoeba #13655899 by felix63, translation #1153958 by belgavox
- Nous cherchons un nouveau guitariste.We are looking for a new guitar player.
Example conversation
Chloé and Lucas are discussing a local band.
- ChloéEst-ce que Lucas est guitariste ?Is Lucas a guitar player?
- LucasNon, il est batteur.No, he is a drummer.
- ChloéAh, je croyais qu'il était guitariste.Ah, I thought he was a guitar player.
- LucasNon, c'est Chloé la guitariste.No, Chloé is the guitar player.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries guitariste, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
