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Meaning of plectrum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈplɛk.tɹəm

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

العربية ريشة
Azərbaycanca mizrab
Català pua
Čeština trsátko
Dansk plekter
Deutsch Plektron Plektrum
Ελληνικά πέννα πλήκτρο
Esperanto plektro
Español plectro púa vitela
فارسی زخمه مضراب
Français médiator onglet pick plectre
עברית מפרט
Íslenska nögl
Italiano plettro
日本語 ビッグ
한국어 피크
Kurdî pena
Latina plectrum
Latviešu braucis
Македонски перце
Nederlands plectrum
Português palheta plectro
Svenska plektrum
ไทย ปิ๊ก
Tagalog plektro puwa
Türkçe çalgıç mızrap pena plektrum tezene

Examples

“For sounds in winter nights, and often in winter days, I heard the forlorn but melodious note of a hooting owl indefinitely far; such a sound as the frozen earth would yield if struck with a suitable plectrum, the very lingua vernacula of Walden Wood, and quite familiar to me at last, though I never saw the bird while it was making it.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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