Meanings
nounacoustic guitar (plural acoustic guitars)
plural acoustic guitars
- A hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar.
He was playing the acoustic guitar while his girlfriend was on the drums.
Origin
Retronym for guitar, coined after the invention of the electric guitar to refer to the older type of guitar and avoid confusion with the electric guitar.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غِيتَار صَوْتِيّ
- غِيتَار صَوْتِيّ (gitār ṣawtiyy)hollow-body guitar
Catalan guitarra acústica
- guitarra acústicahollow-body guitar
Chinese Mandarin 原聲吉他 /原声吉他, 木吉他
- 原聲吉他 /原声吉他 (yuánshēng jítā)hollow-body guitar
- 木吉他 (mùjítā)hollow-body guitar
Czech akustická kytara
- akustická kytarahollow-body guitar
Danish akustisk guitar
- akustisk guitarhollow-body guitar
Dutch akoestische gitaar
- akoestische gitaarhollow-body guitar
Esperanto akustika gitaro
- akustika gitarohollow-body guitar
Finnish akustinen kitara
- akustinen kitarahollow-body guitar
French guitare acoustique
- guitare acoustiquehollow-body guitar
German akustische Gitarre, Akustikgitarre
- akustische Gitarrehollow-body guitar
- Akustikgitarrehollow-body guitar
Greek ακουστική κιθάρα
- ακουστική κιθάρα (akoustikí kithára)hollow-body guitar
Hungarian akusztikus gitár
- akusztikus gitárhollow-body guitar
Indonesian gitar akustik
- gitar akustikhollow-body guitar
Irish giotár fuaimiúil, giotár acústach
- giotár fuaimiúilhollow-body guitar
- giotár acústachhollow-body guitar
Japanese アコースティックギター, アコギ
- アコースティックギター (akōsuthikkugitā)hollow-body guitar
- アコギ (akogi)hollow-body guitar
Korean 어쿠스틱 기타
- 어쿠스틱 기타 (eokuseutik gita)hollow-body guitar
Malay gitar akustik
- gitar akustikhollow-body guitar
Māori kitā orooro
- kitā oroorohollow-body guitar
Polish gitara akustyczna, akustyk
- gitara akustycznahollow-body guitar
- akustykhollow-body guitar
Portuguese guitarra acústica, violão
- guitarra acústicahollow-body guitar
- violãohollow-body guitar
Romanian chitară acustică
- chitară acusticăhollow-body guitar
Russian акусти́ческая гита́ра
- акусти́ческая гита́ра (akustíčeskaja gitára)hollow-body guitar
Spanish guitarra acústica
- guitarra acústicahollow-body guitar
Swedish akustisk gitarr
- akustisk gitarrhollow-body guitar
Turkish akustik gitar
- akustik gitarhollow-body guitar
Ukrainian акустична гітара
- акустична гітара (akustyčna hitara)hollow-body guitar
Welsh gitâr acwstig, gitâr clybodig
- gitâr acwstighollow-body guitar
- gitâr clybodighollow-body guitar
Yiddish אַקוסטישע גיטאַר
- אַקוסטישע גיטאַר (akustishe gitar)hollow-body guitar
Cite this entry
APA
acoustic guitar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acoustic%20guitar
MLA
“acoustic guitar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acoustic%20guitar. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acoustic guitar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acoustic%20guitar.
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