plectrum

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
2. A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.

Έννοιες

πλήκτρο

πέννα

λύρα

πλήκτρον

πένα

Συνώνυμα

pick

⛏️

plectron

mandolin

quill

pen

🖊️

penny

guitar pick

mandoline

fountain pen

🖋️

lute-stick

key

🔑

lyre

mediator

Μεταφράσεις

plectro

plettro

plectre

plectro

Plektrum

médiator

mızrap

púa

çalgıç

plectre

plectrum

plèctre

palheta

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈplɛk.tɹəm/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Borrowed 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”).