plectrum
A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar,…A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
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2 sensesA small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
Plektron, Plektrum
плектрplektr, медиа́торmediátor
плектрplektr, медіа́торmediátor
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.
Examples
2 sentencesWhere did you put the plectrum?
Do you play with a plectrum?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin plēctrum, from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron, “anything to strike wBorrowed from Latin plēctrum, from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron, “anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point”), from πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike, to smite, to sting”). Displaced native Old English sleġel.
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Forms
plural: plectrums / plectraSynonyms
4 synonyms- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument:pickplectron
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular