guitarist
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
ギリシャ語kithara（竪琴）→アラビア語qītār→スペイン語guitarra→英語guitarに-ist（人を表す接尾辞）が付いた形。関連語: guitar, citrus（同じギリシャ語根）。古代ギリシャの竪琴が中東経由でヨーロッパに伝わった楽器の歴史が語源に反映されている。
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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