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 Definitions of plectrum  [ˈplɛk trəm]  

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Definition of 'plectrum' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) plectrum
a small piece of rigid material, as plastic, ivory, or metal, used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument.

Etymology:  (1620–30; < L plēctrum < Gk plêktron)

Definition of 'plectrum' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pick, plectrum, plectron
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument


Definition of 'plectrum' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) plectrum
a small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments


Translation of 'plectrum' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a small piece of plastic etc for plucking the strings of a guitar.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: plektrum Arabic flag Arabic: ريشَةٌ للنَّقْر على الأوت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: плектър
Brazilian flag Brazilian: palheta Czech flag Czech: trsátko German flag German: das Plektron
Danish flag Danish: plekter Greek flag Greek: πένα (κιθάρας) Spanish flag Spanish: púa, plectro
Estonian flag Estonian: plektron, triller Farsi flag Farsi: زخمه Finnish flag Finnish: plektra
French flag French: plectre Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַפרֵט Hindi flag Hindi: मिजराब, नरवी, जवा
Croatian flag Croatian: trzalica Hungarian flag Hungarian: pengető Indonesian flag Indonesian: plekter, alat untuk memet
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nögl Italian flag Italian: plettro Japanese flag Japanese: つめ
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: plektras Latvian flag Latvian: plektrs
Malay flag Malay: plektrum Dutch flag Dutch: plectrum Norwegian flag Norwegian: plekter
Polish flag Polish: kostka Persian flag Persian: زخمه براى گيتار Pashto flag Pashto: د ګيتار لپاره يو زخمي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: palheta Romanian flag Romanian: plec­tron Russian flag Russian: медиатор
Slovak flag Slovak: brnkadlo Slovenian flag Slovenian: trzalica Serbian flag Serbian: trzalica
Swedish flag Swedish: plektrum Thai flag Thai: ปิ๊กสำหรับดีดกีต้าร์ Turkish flag Turkish: mızrap
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (彈撥樂器用的)撥子,琴撥 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: плектр Urdu flag Urdu: مضراب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: móng gảy Chinese flag Chinese: (弹拨乐器用的)拨子,琴拨

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plectron  plectrophenax  plectrophenax nivalis  plectrum  pledge  pledged  pledgee  



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