plectro

Latin

Noun

plēctrō

dative/ablative singular of plēctrum

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin plectrum.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛk.tɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛk.tɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛ.ktɾu/

Rhymes: -ɛktɾu

Noun

plectro m (plural plectros)

(music) plectrum (small piece of material for plucking strings)
Synonym: palheta

Further reading

“plectro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
“plectro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plectrum.

Noun

plectro m (plural plectros)

(music) plectrum (small piece of material for plucking strings)
Synonym: púa

Further reading

“plectro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024