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plectrum

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plec·trum  (plktrm)
n. pl. plec·trums or plec·tra (-tr)
A small thin piece of metal, plastic, bone, or similar material, used to pluck the strings of certain instruments, such as the guitar or lute.

[Latin plctrum, from Greek plktron, from plssein, plg-, to strike; see plk-2 in Indo-European roots.]

plectrum [ˈplɛktrəm]
n pl -trums, -tra [-trə]
(Music / Instruments) any implement for plucking a string, such as a small piece of plastic, wood, etc., used to strum a guitar, or the quill that plucks the string of a harpsichord
[from Latin plēctrum quill, plectrum, from Greek plektron, from plessein to strike]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.plectrumplectrum - a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
guitar pick - a plectrum used to pluck a guitar
Translations
plectrum [ˈplektrəm] N (plectrums or plectra (pl)) [ˈplektrə]púa f, plectro m

plectrum [ˈplɛktrəm] nplectre m

plectrum
nPlektron nt, → Plektrum nt

plectrum [ˈplɛktrəm] nplettro
plectrum [ˈplɛktrəm] nplettro

plectrum
n plectrum [ˈplektrəm]
a small piece of plastic etc for plucking the strings of a guitar. plektrum ريشَةٌ للنَّقْر على الأوتار плектър trsátko plekter das Plektron πένα (κιθάρας) púa, plectro plektron, triller زخمه plektra plectre מַפרֵט मिजराब, नरवी, जवा trzalica pengető plekter, alat untuk memetik gitar nögl plettro つめ plektras plektrs plektrum plectrum plekter kostka palheta plec­tron медиатор brnkadlo trzalica trzalica plektrum ปิ๊กสำหรับดีดกีต้าร์ mızrap (彈撥樂器用的)撥子,琴撥 плектр مضراب móng gảy


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Now slow The plectrum led to prayer the cloistered chords, Now loudly with the crash of falling rain, Now soft as the leaf whispering of words, Now loud and soft together as the long Patter of pearls and seed-pearls on a dish Of marble; liquid now as from the bush Warbles the mango bird; meandering Now as the streamlet seawards; voiceless now As the wild torrent in the strangling arms Of her ice-lover, lying motionless, Lulled in a passion far too deep for sound.
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.
You mean, I said, those gentlemen who tease and torture the strings and rack them on the pegs of the instrument: might carry on the metaphor and speak after their manner of the blows which the plectrum gives, and make accusations against the strings, both of backwardness and forwardness to sound; but this would be tedious, and therefore I will only say that these are not the men, and that I am referring to the Pythagoreans, of whom I was just now proposing to enquire about harmony.
 
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