ギタリスト
解説 Definition
guitarist はギターを演奏する人、つまり「ギタリスト」という意味です。日本語のカタカナ語とほぼ同じで、バンドや演奏活動の文脈でよく使われます。
A guitarist is a person who plays the guitar, especially as a performer or member of a musical group. The word can refer to an amateur or professional player and may be qualified as a lead, rhythm, classical, or jazz guitarist.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
guitarist は guitar「ギター」＋ -ist「その活動をする人」という透明な語形成です。pianist、violinist と同じ型ですが、guitarist では guitar の語形をそのまま保ちます。lead guitarist、rhythm guitarist、a guitarist in a band という役割や所属のまとまりで覚えましょう。
Break guitarist into guitar plus the person-forming suffix -ist. The same suffix appears in pianist and violinist, identifying someone who performs or regularly practices an activity. Unlike pianist, guitarist keeps the complete instrument name guitar before the suffix. Learn it through musical roles: a lead guitarist often plays prominent melodic parts and solos, while a rhythm guitarist supports the harmony and beat. The phrase “a guitarist in a band” is also common. This structure makes the meaning easy to recover: the instrument comes first, and -ist identifies its player.
例文
The guitarist played a soft melody.
そのギタリストはやさしいメロディーを弾きました。
My brother is a guitarist in a small band.
私の兄は小さなバンドのギタリストです。
The guitarist practiced every evening before the concert.
そのギタリストはコンサート前、毎晩練習しました。
guitarist の類義語・関連語
guitarist の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語の guitar「ギター」に、人や従事者を表す接尾辞 -ist を加えてできた語。guitar はスペイン語 guitarra などを経て、最終的にはギリシャ語 kithara「竪琴」にさかのぼる。citrus はラテン語 citrus に由来する別語で、guitarist とは同根ではない。
Guitarist was formed in English from guitar and the agent suffix -ist, meaning a person who practices an activity or plays a particular instrument. Guitar ultimately comes through Spanish guitarra, with a longer history involving earlier Mediterranean forms associated with stringed instruments, including Greek kithara and Arabic qīṯāra. The suffix -ist came through French and Latin from Greek -istēs. Thus, the modern word straightforwardly means a person who plays a guitar.
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