plectrum
Meaning of plectrum
noun
a thin flat piece of plastic, tortoiseshell, or other slightly flexible material held by or worn on the fingers and used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument such as a guitar.
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek plēktron ‘something with which to strike’, from plēssein ‘to strike’.
Information about plectrum
- It is a name.
- The plural form of plectrum is: plectrums.
- Languages in which plectrum is used:
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Hyphenation of plectrum
plec-trum
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- plectrum is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
plectrum synonyms
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