plectro

Latin

Noun

plēctrō

1. dative/ablative singular of plēctrum

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin plectrum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛk.tɾu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛ.ktɾu/

• Rhymes: -ɛktɾu

Noun

plectro m (plural plectros)

1. (music) plectrum (small piece of material for plucking strings)

   Synonym: palheta

Further reading

• “plectro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “plectro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “plectro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “plectro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plectrum.

Noun

plectro m (plural plectros)

1. (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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025