| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈsitər/ |
| Hyphenation | ci·ter |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | citers |
| Catalan | cítara; cistre |
|---|---|
| Czech | citera |
| Danish | citar |
| English | zither; cittern; cithern |
| Esperanto | citro |
| Finnish | sitra |
| French | cithare; kitara; cistre |
| German | Zither; Kithara; Zister |
| Hungarian | citera |
| Italian | zither |
| Norwegian | siter; sister |
| Polish | cytra |
| Portuguese | cítara; cistre |
| Russian | цитра; цистра |
| Saterland Frisian | Zither |
| Spanish | cistro |
| Swedish | cittra; kithara; cister |
| Turkish | kitara |