plectrum

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• /ˈplɛk.tɹəm/
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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”). Displaced native Old English sleġel.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ريشة — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Azerbaijani: mizrab — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Belarusian: пле́ктар (pljéktar) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Belarusian: медыя́тар (mjedyjátar) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Breton: skraberig — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Bulgarian: перце (perce) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Catalan: pua — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Catalan: plectre — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Chinese Mandarin: 撥子 /拨子 (bōzǐ) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Czech: trsátko — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Danish: plekter — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Dutch: plectrum — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Esperanto: plektro — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Estonian: plektron — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Faroese: plektari — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Finnish: plektra — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Finnish: pleku — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Finnish: kynsi — music: small piece for plucking strings
• French: plectre — music: small piece for plucking strings
• French: médiator — music: small piece for plucking strings
• French: pick — music: small piece for plucking strings
• French: onglet — music: small piece for plucking strings
• German: Plektron — music: small piece for plucking strings
• German: Plektrum — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Greek: πέννα (pénna) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Greek: πλήκτρο (plíktro) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Ancient Greek: πλῆκτρον (plêktron) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Hebrew: מפרט — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Hungarian: pengető — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Icelandic: nögl — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Italian: plettro — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Japanese: ピック (pikku) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Korean: 피크 (pikeu) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Latin: plectrum — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Latvian: braucis — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Lithuanian: brauktukas — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Macedonian: перце (perce) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Malay: plektrum — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Malay: pemanting — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Malay: pik — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Navajo: beeʼałtązhí — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Norwegian Bokmål: plekter — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plekter — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Occitan: plèctre — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Old English: næġl — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Persian: زخمه (zaxme) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Persian: مضراب (mezrâb) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Persian: سکافه (sokâfe) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Polish: plektron — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Polish: kostka — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Portuguese: plectro — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Portuguese: palheta — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Russian: плектр (plektr) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Russian: медиа́тор (mediátor) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Serbo-Croatian: плектрум — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Serbo-Croatian: трзаљка — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Serbo-Croatian: трзалица — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Serbo-Croatian: plektrum — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Serbo-Croatian: trzaljka — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Serbo-Croatian: trzalica — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Spanish: plectro — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Spanish: púa — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Spanish: vitela — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Swedish: plektrum — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Tagalog: puwa — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Tagalog: plektro — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Thai: ปิ๊ก (bpík) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Turkish: mızrap — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Turkish: tezene — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Turkish: pena — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Turkish: çalgıç — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Ottoman Turkish: مضراب (mızrab) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Ottoman Turkish: زخمه (zahme) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Ottoman Turkish: تازیانه (taziyane) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Ukrainian: плектр (plektr) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Ukrainian: медіа́тор (mediátor) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Yiddish: ביינדל (beyndl) — music: small piece for plucking strings
• Greek: πλήκτρο (plíktro) — anatomical part
• Turkish: plektrum — anatomical part