plectrums
Meaning of plectrums
plural 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 plectrums
- It is a name.
- The singular form of plectrums is: plectrum.
- Languages in which plectrums is used:
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Hyphenation of plectrums
plec-trums
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- plectrums is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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